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Every prediction had a taste. The family’s new business venture was savory: a bite of roasted pork belly. A family squabble was bitterness: the dregs of a stale, cold cup of tea.
“But I’ve come to understand how the exceptional lurks beneath the ordinary, like the deep and mysterious world beneath the surface of the sea.”
― Go as a River
― Go as a River
“What's this?" I ask, giving it a sniff. "Stilton. The bargaining cheese.”
― Miranda in Retrograde
― Miranda in Retrograde
“Men get nervous when women enjoy themselves without their company. You might discover that we [men] are of limited use.”
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“You know that strange sense you have when someone seems just made for you? Like they were created to check all your boxes?”
― Miranda in Retrograde
― Miranda in Retrograde
“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
― Alice in Wonderland
― Alice in Wonderland
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