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It was characteristic of this lady (as of some other people before her time and since) that whenever her original proposition was questioned, she exaggerated it.
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“A man three parts moustache to one part facial features responded to “Darling!” with the dutiful twitch of one who has chosen not to fight the inevitable. “Mr August is British, would you ever have guessed?”
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
“How was she going to cope for ten days without instant answers to idle questions?”
― Nine Perfect Strangers
― Nine Perfect Strangers
“Heather had grown up starved of love, and when you’re starved of something you should receive in abundance, you never quite trust it.”
― Nine Perfect Strangers
― Nine Perfect Strangers
“Speaking Mandarin with a Russian accent is extremely difficult. Of all the languages I have learned, Mandarin took me the longest, and having to replicate the suitable tones while simultaneously presenting myself as a rather bumbling Soviet scholar was an exercise that caused me considerable distress. In”
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
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