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“you mustn’t believe, Kristin, that there has ever been a priest who has not had to guard himself against the Fiend at the same time as he tried to protect the lambs from the wolf.”
― Kristin Lavransdatter
― Kristin Lavransdatter
“I've done many things that I thought I would never dare to do because they were sins. But I didn't realize then that the consequence of sin is that you have to trample on other people.”
― The Wreath
― The Wreath
“Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows.”
― I Capture the Castle
― I Capture the Castle
“Sounis had been thinking of Ambiades. "He would have been a better man under different circumstances."
Gen looked at him. "True enough," he said. "But does a good man let his circumstances determine his character?”
― A Conspiracy of Kings
Gen looked at him. "True enough," he said. "But does a good man let his circumstances determine his character?”
― A Conspiracy of Kings
“A marriage of two independent and equally irritable intelligences seems to me reckless to the point of insanity.”
― Gaudy Night
― Gaudy Night
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