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“Nobody wants a house in Osaka,' he said, and it was strange to hear him switch suddenly to foreign pronunciation in the middle of his English. 'It would mean you had to live in Osaka.'
'What's wrong with it?'
'It's like . . . Birmingham.”
― The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
'What's wrong with it?'
'It's like . . . Birmingham.”
― The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
“But always when I was without a book, my soul at once became disturbed, and my thoughts wandered.”
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“How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to wickedness of purpose). As for the present Ministry, the Foreign Secretary said that not since the days of Antiquity had the world seen gentlemen so virtuous, so misunderstood and so horribly misrepresented by their enemies.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“As far as I'm concerned, you can't beat a good whodunnit: the twists and turns, the clues and the red herrings and then, finally, the satisfaction of having everything explained to you in a way that makes you kick yourself because you hadn't seen it from the start.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before … — EDGAR ALLAN POE”
― The Raven Boys
― The Raven Boys
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