

“Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“I’d spent my whole life waiting to awake on an ordinary morning in the town that was destined to be my home, in the arms of the woman I was destined to love, knowing the people and doing the work that would make up the changing but essentially invariable landscape of my particular destiny. ”
― Wonder Boys
― Wonder Boys

“and the “Devil’s Hornpipe.”
― Little House on the Prairie
― Little House on the Prairie

“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― The Three Witches and the Master
― The Three Witches and the Master

“Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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