“It must be added that from his first words the foreigner made a repellent impression on the poet, but Berlioz rather liked him - that is, not liked but . . . how to put it . . . was interested, or whatever.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“It is also true that his hair had a reddish tinge and, as everybody knows, no one with red hair can ever truly be said to be handsome.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“Just because you're thinking about stabbing somebody doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it.”
― Dead Harvest
― Dead Harvest
“Besides Getting my ass kicked, my main accomplishment on this trip has been to massacre an incredible number of completely innocent clothes. I'm the Joseph Stalin of laundry.”
― Sandman Slim
― Sandman Slim
“Could soldiers read? Mr Norrell did not know. He turned with a look of desperate appeal to Childermass.
Childermass shrugged.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Childermass shrugged.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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