Though, given what we hear from most politicians, I envision some class they take where they learn to dodge the truth, smile while they tell you falsehoods, make you miserable, and try to make you feel like you should like it.”
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“You see,’ he continued, ‘I just don’t think most modern life forges your mind and heart and soul the way facing storms at sea in a fragile boat, or sailing beyond the limits of the known world once did. Look at the way my ancestors batted off to the Middle East and all across Europe. Terribly dangerous, and exciting and life-enhancing.”
― Brotherly Love: An English comedy
― Brotherly Love: An English comedy
“because he’s so boring he makes you yawn just thinking about him.”
― Unholy Harmonies
― Unholy Harmonies
“Problems escaped from aren’t problems resolved,”
― Volcanic Airs: An English comedy
― Volcanic Airs: An English comedy
“The world around her seemed like it was covered in gauze some days. Nothing was clear or urgent. It was difficult to concentrate, and she often lost track of time.”
― Suddenly Psychic
― Suddenly Psychic
“Whenever you want to interfere, imagine that Jane is a brother instead of a sister. If Jane were a man, would it be suffocating or unfair or ridiculous if you acted on that desire to interfere? If so, don’t.”
― The Uncountable Cost of Mystery
― The Uncountable Cost of Mystery
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