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"I expected a slog, but so far I've found this delightful to read. I occasionally feel like I should know more about the French Revolution than I do, in order to understand some of the allusions, but I'm just letting those slide by for now." — Jun 07, 2013 12:02PM
"I expected a slog, but so far I've found this delightful to read. I occasionally feel like I should know more about the French Revolution than I do, in order to understand some of the allusions, but I'm just letting those slide by for now." — Jun 07, 2013 12:02PM
We live in a suburb of a suburb of a suburb of a suburb of a city that takes about an hour to get to.
“She regards me quietly and then she quotes something Mistress Coyle once said to me. “We are the choices we make.” It takes me a second to realize she's just said goodbye.”
― The Ask and the Answer
― The Ask and the Answer
“It's always darkest before the dawn, Todd.”
I look at him, baffled. “No, it ain't! What kinda stupid saying is that? It's always lightest before the dawn!”
― Monsters of Men
I look at him, baffled. “No, it ain't! What kinda stupid saying is that? It's always lightest before the dawn!”
― Monsters of Men
“That's because the desire of most folks is to be told what to do.” He looks back across the square, covered in tents and soldiers and townsfolk all huddled together. “People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don't mind being told what to do.”
― Monsters of Men
― Monsters of Men
“Ideals, my girl,” she says. “Always easier to believe in than live.”
“But if you don't at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there's no point in living at all.”
― Monsters of Men
“But if you don't at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there's no point in living at all.”
― Monsters of Men
“What if it'd been Simone down there instead of Todd?” I say.
And Simone is all over his Noise, his deep feelings for her, feelings I don't think are returned. “You're right,” he says, “I don't know. I hope I'd make the right choice, but Viola it is a choice. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.”
― Monsters of Men
And Simone is all over his Noise, his deep feelings for her, feelings I don't think are returned. “You're right,” he says, “I don't know. I hope I'd make the right choice, but Viola it is a choice. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.”
― Monsters of Men
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