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“Private lives are more important than public reputations.”
― The Innocence of Father Brown
― The Innocence of Father Brown
“Moomin need not have worried, for the Little My's of this world are practically indestructible.”
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“Virtue knows no color line, and the chivalry which depends upon complexion of skin and texture of hair can command no honest respect.”
― The Red Record
― The Red Record
“People like frequent laughter," answered Father Brown, "but I don't think they like a permanent smile. Cheerfulness without humour is a very trying thing.”
― The Innocence of Father Brown
― The Innocence of Father Brown
“Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face--there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see it, and of not being able to stare into his own eyes.
Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself.
The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.”
― The Book of Disquiet
Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself.
The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.”
― The Book of Disquiet
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