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"Loving it. Really well done. Will be picking up her other 2 books next week." — Nov 17, 2017 08:49PM
"Loving it. Really well done. Will be picking up her other 2 books next week." — Nov 17, 2017 08:49PM
“The dog barking at you from behind his master's fence acts for a motive indistinguishable from that of his master when the fence was built.”
― The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
― The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
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“Why is man man? As long as we have had minds to think with, stars to ponder upon, dreams to disturb us, curiosity to inspire us, hours free for meditation, words to place our thoughts in order, the question like a restless ghost has prowled the cellars of our consciousness.”
― The Hunting Hypothesis: A Personal Conclusion Concerning the Evolutionary Nature of Man
― The Hunting Hypothesis: A Personal Conclusion Concerning the Evolutionary Nature of Man
“I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today -- whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me.
But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.”
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But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.”
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“There were people who believed their opportunities to live a fulfilled life were hampered by the number of Asians in England, by the existance of a royal family, by the volume of traffic that passed by their house, by the malice of trade unions, by the power of callous employers, by the refusal of the health service to take their condition seriously, by communism, by capitalism, by atheism, by anything, in fact, but their own futile, weak-minded failure to get a fucking grip.”
― Revenge
― Revenge
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