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His countenance possessed in the highest degree what physiognomists call “repose in action,” a quality of those who act rather than talk.
“Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo
Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca.
(The public hiss at me, but I cheer myself when in my own house I contemplate the coins in my strong-box.)”
― A Study in Scarlet
Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca.
(The public hiss at me, but I cheer myself when in my own house I contemplate the coins in my strong-box.)”
― A Study in Scarlet
“I was prepared to be lenient when it was my own safety at stake but if he hurts my dog, I will kill him.”
― Little Black Lies
― Little Black Lies
“The people we love fall into two distinct camps, it seems to me. First, those whom we are obliged to care for, connected to us through ties of blood and, occasionally, other people’s marriages. Then there are those few souls who suit us so perfectly that we cannot help but love them. Those whose very presence seems to lift our spirits, soothe our ruffled feathers, tilt the disturbed world so that its axis is true again.”
― Little Black Lies
― Little Black Lies
“She nods and the elephant in the room throws back its head and trumpets so loud I think the roof might come off.”
― Little Black Lies
― Little Black Lies
“If you have to choose between terrible grief and terrible guilt, I think grief is easier, in the end.”
― Little Black Lies
― Little Black Lies
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