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Maybe all Maigret books deserve a four-star rating. Gorges Simenon's style is subtle and painterly - brilliantly capturing the day-to-day rhythms of a world that is less hurried and harried than ours, yet no less relevant. A world without corporate m
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“The drawback to killing all your generals... is that it turns your army into a bit of a shit factory.”
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“The universe dances to unimaginably complex rhythms at the scales of the very small and the very large. We are sandwiched between them, bacteria caught in two glass slides, and we are foolish to forget the eye peering down the microscope at us. (pg 146)”
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“Here too it was Sunday, a hollow day outside reality.”
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“Kings, queens, and emperors come and go. They are but fleas, fighting over which one owns the dog.”
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“I no longer care that my time on earth is coming to an end. What better way than in hot blood? Would you rather meet the grim reaper at Roncevaux or between bedsheets stiff with your own fluids?”
― Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
― Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
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