“But easy victories pall after a while. If one always wins, perhaps one is attempting only what is well within one’s capabilities—and there lies a kind of death, don’t you think? That which does not grow may well be showing the first signs of atrophy.”
― The William Monk Mysteries: The Face of a Stranger / A Dangerous Mourning / Defend and Betray
― The William Monk Mysteries: The Face of a Stranger / A Dangerous Mourning / Defend and Betray
“When we are happy to turn from evil because it is ugly, and causes us distress, then we condone it and become party to its continuance. Little by little, we become as guilty of it as those who commit the act—because we have told them by our silence that it is acceptable.”
― The William Monk Mysteries: The Face of a Stranger / A Dangerous Mourning / Defend and Betray
― The William Monk Mysteries: The Face of a Stranger / A Dangerous Mourning / Defend and Betray
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