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“Happiness. That's what books smell like. Happiness. That's why I always wanted to have a bookshop. What better life than to trade in happiness?”
― The Rogue Not Taken
― The Rogue Not Taken
“Inheritance trumps inamorata.”
― The Rogue Not Taken
― The Rogue Not Taken
“You see? You're not paying close enough attention. Theseus fought for his life," He shook his head. "But the minotaur, he fought for Ariadne.”
― The Rogue Not Taken
― The Rogue Not Taken
“Cruelty is not the only way fathers can ruin their sons. Expectations can do the same damage.”
― The Rogue Not Taken
― The Rogue Not Taken
“Words on stone are much more upsetting than words on newspaper. There is something so final about them; a name: some dates, a trite piece of verse, that's all you get for a whole life.”
― The Mysterious Miss Mayhew
― The Mysterious Miss Mayhew
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