What of the instinctive parental impulses to love and protect? The cultural signal was louder. What of universal values? Upended.
“The squirrel has not yet found the acorn that will grow into the oak that will be cut to form the cradle of the babe that will grow to slay me.”
― Stardust
― Stardust
“A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
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“We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact."
"And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
"And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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