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Imagine a species of frog that can gossip back and forth with frogs in other trees – except that in practice the language is as dead as Cornish because none of them can ever find anybody else to talk to.
“Clever folk aren’t popular, by and large. They arouse suspicion. They don’t fit in.”
― The Gospel of Loki
― The Gospel of Loki
“The Cockney has one oath, and one oath only, the most indecent in the language, which he uses on any and every occasion. Far different is the luminous and varied Western swearing, which runs to blasphemy rather than indecency. And after all, since men will swear, I think I prefer blasphemy to indecency; there is an audacity about it, an adventurousness and defiance that is better than sheer filthiness.”
― The People of the Abyss
― The People of the Abyss
“We wander into school, happy children; kind and bright and interested in things. We don’t yet know the horrors of the building. The hatred it will teach. The boredom it will bring.”
― Hold Your Own
― Hold Your Own
“Work’s just like school, except this time it’s a life sentence. No parole.”
― The Secret To Not Drowning
― The Secret To Not Drowning
“It’s so hard to get life right, she thinks, pulling the blanket tight around her shoulders. All the small balances are impossible to strike most of the time. And then there are the larger choices. It’s hopeless. She might as well be one of those gannets, tossed about by the gusts of wind that drive up from the Atlantic.”
― The Evening Chorus
― The Evening Chorus
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