When the butler tried to salute, the General offered him his hand instead. Whatever people say about the General today, I can only testify that he was a sincere man who believed in everything he said, even if it was a lie, which makes him
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“He has all the time in the world, he can pick and choose, all the time you have is the moment of his arrival.”
― The Long Home
― The Long Home

“I personally preferred to chance the arsenic,” Uncle Julian said.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“what could be more obvious than the fact that they did not know what suffering was, that if they suffered from anything it was precisely this lack of suffering, a kind of neuropathy that came from too much ease, too much sugar, a kind of existential gout?”
― The Topeka School
― The Topeka School

“A reader lives many lives,” James Harris said. “The person who doesn’t read lives but one. But if you’re happy just doing what you’re told and reading what other people think you should read, then don’t let me stop you. I just find it sad.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“So they locked me up,” Danskin said. “I feigned madness. I babbled, I recited Heine. Nine years. Here I am.” They rode in silence for a while. “But you’re still pissed off.” “Now more than ever.”
― Dog Soldiers
― Dog Soldiers
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