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“Although Miss Peebles remained in charge of Princess Anne, she was aloof and seemed totally disinterested, and two years later she was found dead, alone in her room at Buckingham Palace. Charles was deeply distressed when she was discovered. Princess Anne said later that her only reaction was guilt because she didn't feel anything.”
― Brian Hoey, At Home with the Queen

“and he held out his hand. Maurice took it, and they knew at that moment the greatest triumph an ordinary man can win. They saw now how natural it was that their abandonment to each other at Penge should have led to peril. They knew too little about each other—and too much. Hence fear.”
― William di Canzio, Alec

“One’s desire to be alone, biologists have found, is partially genetic and to some degree measurable. If you have low levels of the pituitary peptide oxytocin—sometimes called the master chemical of sociability—and high quantities of the hormone vasopressin, which may suppress your need for affection, you tend to require fewer interpersonal relationships.”
― Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

“they both affected discerning connoisseurship over extremely prosaic things such as hamburgers and iced tea.”
― David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement