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“Henry stirs into life. 'Do I retain you for what is easy? Do you think it is for your personal beauty? The charm of your presence? I keep you, Master Cromwell, because you are as cunning as a bag of serpents. But do not be a viper in my bosom. You know my decision. Execute it.'
pg. 585”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

tags: cunning, henry-viii, thomas-cromwell, wolf-hall

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“Your happiness does not depend so much on what kind of body you have, but on how well you take care of it.”
― Lou Marinoff, The Power of Tao: A Timeless Guide to Happiness and Harmony

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“Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.”
― J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories

tags: teddy

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“We were lovers, life companions, crusaders, side by side, for a vision of what the country could be,” Elizabeth Edwards wrote of her marriage to U.S. Sen. John Edwards. When she found out he was cheating on her, the crusading became “the glue” that kept them together.”
― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives

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