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Molly had been baking all night and in such quantity that Toby had fallen into a diabetic coma around dawn and was currently lying in the kitchen with his legs in the air.
“So she was well proportioned. So her hair was all glossy. So she looked as if her lips had never been the wrong side of a second doughnut in her life. What was any of that to me?”
― The Hollow Boy
― The Hollow Boy
“I believe there's nothing in hallucinations that has anything to do with anything external to the internal psychological state of the person who's got the hallucination.”
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
“Are you saying I should run after her?”
“Crawl, actually, if I were you,” recommended Aral. “Crawl fast. Slither under her door, go belly-up, let her stomp on you till she gets it out of her system. Then apologize some more. You may yet save the situation.” Aral’s eyes were openly alight with amusement now.
“What do you call that? Total surrender?” said Kou indignantly.
“No. I’d call it winning.” His voice grew a shade cooler. “I’ve seen the war between men and women descend to scorched-earth heroics. Pyres of pride. You don’t want to go down that road. I guarantee it.”
― Barrayar
“Crawl, actually, if I were you,” recommended Aral. “Crawl fast. Slither under her door, go belly-up, let her stomp on you till she gets it out of her system. Then apologize some more. You may yet save the situation.” Aral’s eyes were openly alight with amusement now.
“What do you call that? Total surrender?” said Kou indignantly.
“No. I’d call it winning.” His voice grew a shade cooler. “I’ve seen the war between men and women descend to scorched-earth heroics. Pyres of pride. You don’t want to go down that road. I guarantee it.”
― Barrayar
“The thing about elves is they've got no... begins with m," Granny snapped her fingers irritably.
"Manners?"
"Hah! Right, but no"
"Muscle? Mucus? Mystery?"
"No. No. No. Means like... seein' the other person's point of view."
Verence tried to see the world from a Granny Weatherwax perspective and suspicion dawned. "Empathy?"
"Right. None at all.”
― Lords and Ladies
"Manners?"
"Hah! Right, but no"
"Muscle? Mucus? Mystery?"
"No. No. No. Means like... seein' the other person's point of view."
Verence tried to see the world from a Granny Weatherwax perspective and suspicion dawned. "Empathy?"
"Right. None at all.”
― Lords and Ladies
“On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering your husband's guests are arseholes, shout Arseholes and try to put them out.”
― Down Cemetery Road
― Down Cemetery Road
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