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“One of the prizes of old age is its release from competition.”
― Allegorizings
― Allegorizings
“That's what happens when people die. They take themselves with them and you never ever find out anything new about them ever.”
― The Safekeep
― The Safekeep
“March had a routine for reading the paper. He started at the back, with the truth. If Leipzig was said to have beaten Cologne four-nil at football, the chances were it was true: even the Party had yet to devise a means of rewriting the sports results. The sports news was a different matter. COUNTDOWN”
― Fatherland
― Fatherland
“It is slothful not to compress your thoughts,” he said.”
― The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
― The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
“Newspapers rely on keeping us in a constant state of anxiety, on diverting our emotions away from the things that really matter to us. Why should I yield to their power and let them tell me what to think?”
― Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
― Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
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