“His speech is low and rapid, his manner assured; he is at home in courtroom or waterfront, bishop’s palace or inn yard. He can draft a contract, train a falcon, draw a map, stop a street fight, furnish a house and fix a jury. He will quote you a nice point in the old authors, from Plato to Plautus and back again. He knows new poetry, and can say it in Italian. He works all hours, first up and last to bed. He makes money and he spends it. He will take a bet on anything.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
“This is what life does for you in the end; it arranges a fight you can't win.”
― The Mirror & the Light
― The Mirror & the Light
“Poirot sighed. He said “The world is yours, the new heaven and the new earth. In your new world, my children, let there be freedom, and let there be pity. That is all I ask.”
― One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
― One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
“Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.”
― 1984
― 1984
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