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“I speak English to my accountants, French to my ambassadors, Italian to my mistress, Latin to my God, and German to my horse”
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“In Paradise Lost he pushes English to its very limits but I think no language without noun cases could possibly support the structural order he attempts to impose.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“The option I'd really like," he says matter-of-factly, "is to build a life with you. A strong, put-together kind of life. I know you're pretty good at assembly yourself, probably better than I am, in fact. So maybe it could be... a joint project?”
― The Party Crasher
― The Party Crasher
“His eyes that swam in death's dark night looked round
For Athis, and he lay down by his side,
Solaced among the shades to share his death.”
― Metamorphoses
For Athis, and he lay down by his side,
Solaced among the shades to share his death.”
― Metamorphoses
“The Bishop family was not wealthy. The Bishop family had no investments to speak of or squabble over, no shares to gain interest from, no inheritance--either present or forthcoming--to preoccupy or estrange them. The Bishop family had no priceless works of art, no inestimable and enviable heirlooms to fill their rooms. But the Bishop family had each other, bound together in the dearest loyalty, the deepest love, protective one of the other unto death. It was this spirit that permeated the little cottage by the lighthouse night and day...”
― Lighthouse, the Cat, and the Sea, The: A Tropical Tale
― Lighthouse, the Cat, and the Sea, The: A Tropical Tale
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