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“She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent.”
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“Decker smiled and shrugged off their laughter. The humour was only barbed if you sat on the outside, and now he was one of them.”
― The Zombie Room
― The Zombie Room
“To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love. That is … a very hard thing to do. No other profession requires it. That is one reason why there are so very few good officers. Although there are many good men.”
― The Killer Angels
― The Killer Angels
“irregularly as though it were farm land.”
― Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-41
― Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-41
“I have observed that when any of us embarks on the pursuit of happiness for ourselves, it eludes us. Often I've asked myself why. It must be because happiness comes to us only as a dividend. When we become absorbed in something demanding and worthwhile above and beyond ourselves, happiness seems to be there as a by-product of the self-giving. That should not be a startling truth, yet I'm surprised by how few people understand and accept it. Have we made a god of happiness?..."You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide." John 15:16 RSV....Somehow that passage was like light penetrating their darkness: much of their unhappiness, they realized, was caused by self-centeredness.”
― Something More : In Search of a Deeper Faith
― Something More : In Search of a Deeper Faith
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