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“You know what your problem is?”, John said. “You don't believe in impossible things.” “Impossible meaning what?” “Meaning impossible. Something you have every reason to expect can't happen based on your life so far. And that's a shame. A person ought to believe that at least one impossible thing could happen.” “Why?” “Because it's interesting for one thing. Also it could save your life.”
― Familiaris
― Familiaris
“London. “Look Olivier. Quite a sight isn’t it?” Commandant Auguste Angers stood tall in his stirrups as he pointed out the far distant dome of St. Paul’s. The bronzed roof of the cathedral was glistening in the sun during a brief break in the clouds. The commandant and his colleague and deputy, Captain Olivier Rougemont, had enjoyed a morning’s exhilarating ride in Richmond Park. The commandant was riding his favourite grey, Chloe, and Rougemont was on his boss’s second string, a chestnut Annette.”
― The French Spy
― The French Spy
“When you expect torture, kindness is more dangerous.”
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
“Yet another proof that the drafters of the Constitution had made one simple but far-reaching error. They’d assumed that the people selected by The People to manage the nation would be as honest and honorable as they’d been. One could almost hear the “Oops!” emanating from all those old graves.”
― The Bear and the Dragon
― The Bear and the Dragon
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
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