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The whole of our civilization is one network of little intrigues, some harmless, others serious, all going on in the dark just under the surface. A crime calls the attention of the community to one point, and the searchlight of public
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“But that's men all over ... Poor dears, they can't help it. They haven't got logical minds.”
― Busman's Honeymoon
― Busman's Honeymoon
“When she bleeds the smells I know change colour. There is iron in her soul on those days. She smells like a gun.”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
“For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it ... We can't possess one another. We can only give and hazard all we have.”
― Busman's Honeymoon
― Busman's Honeymoon
“If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human experience are human beings more convinced that something better can be had only if they persevere.”
― The Children of Men
― The Children of Men
“Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.”
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