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“But all the wanting in the world, her mother reminded her, will leave you with exactly what you have.”
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“A truly modern man, William Rackham is what might be called a superstitious atheist Christian; that is, he believes in a God who, while He may no longer be responsible for the sun rising, the saving of the Queen or the provision of daily bread, is still the prime suspect when anything goes wrong.”
― The Crimson Petal and the White
― The Crimson Petal and the White
“Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.”
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“...[A]nything worth dying for ... is certainly worth living for.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“This was the advantage of desire. Desire focused the mind. It eliminated extraneous thought. The greater the desire, the less the burden of the mind. She would like to live her life this way. Perhaps it was how to survive intact. Live to satisfy her desires. Desire only what she could have.”
― A Marker to Measure Drift
― A Marker to Measure Drift
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