Lesa Dardar

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Lesa’s Quotes

“Behind every successful fortune there is a crime.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

tags: behind, crime, every, fortune, successful

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“marks Marcus had originally thought to be left by pitons at that site were therefore made by something else, probably something altogether unconnected to our case).”
― Caleb Carr, The Alienist

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“Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: education, learning, teaching

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“The girl flinched, even lying down. Mary continued through gritted teeth. “Murder can’t be walked away from. Just like you can’t walk away from Viktor. He’ll find you if you run. Richard can’t protect you if Viktor believes you have his babies.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

tags: action, adventure, drama, fast-paced, fiction-novel, murder-mystery, thriller

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“Thank God in heaven! What a relief! They could let their breaths out now. Miss Efficiency was a bigot. These days the thing about bigotry was, it was undignified. It was a sign of Low Rent origins, of inferior social status, of poor taste. So they were the superiors of their English baby nurse, after all. What a fucking relief.”
― Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

tags: bigotry, class

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