“The magistrates will listen to both parties and decide which to believe and then sentence accordingly.”
― The Secret Magistrate
― The Secret Magistrate
“if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“Perhaps that is how we should frame this question forever; rather than asking what is your favourite work, let’s ask, what continues to pull you back?”
― Open Water
― Open Water
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