Mrs Scaife droned on, her proselytism soporific. Jews here, Jews there, Jews everywhere. It sounded quite absurd in its wrong-headedness, like a mad nursery rhyme. It must be awfully handy to have a scapegoat for the world’s ills. (Women
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“To live at all is miracle enough.”
― Collected Poems
― Collected Poems
“It is my cape of good hope, and if it isn't I will probably bite your nose off”
― Mr Pye
― Mr Pye
“I could see Mike and James sitting side by side, both of them gazing wordlessly into space. From what I could judge, they shared obsessions that were similar but not identical, a situation which made communion between them unworkable for the present.”
― The Forensic Records Society
― The Forensic Records Society
“I am clever enough to know that I am clever.”
― Titus Groan
― Titus Groan
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