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“As he followed Wood, Jury thought: one disappearance, two auto accident victims, one in a mental institution, one drowned. One murdered. Rackmoor, for all its bracing sea air, didn’t seem the healthiest place in the British Isles.”
― The Old Fox Deceiv'd
― The Old Fox Deceiv'd
“Pooh!" she exclaimed. "Fancy asking a woman to be reasonable!”
― The Double Traitor
― The Double Traitor
“There is an anaesthetic of familiarity, a sedative of ordinariness, which dulls the senses and hides the wonder of existence.”
― Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
― Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“… Thou art a dreaming thing; A fever of thyself—think of the Earth; What bliss even in hope is there for thee? What haven? every creature hath its home; Every sole man hath days of joy and pain, Whether his labours be sublime or low— The pain alone; the joy alone; distinct: Only the dreamer venoms all his days, Bearing more woe than all his sins deserve.”
― The Fall of Hyperion
― The Fall of Hyperion
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