There’s nothing worse than resentful masses, militias with their armbands and faux-military insignias, young people caught up in false dilemmas, squandering their passions on awful causes.
“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
“Book characters were dangerously attractive in the safest way. You didn’t even know what they looked like, but you knew you liked it.”
― Long Live Evil
― Long Live Evil
“I am clever enough to know that I am clever.”
― Titus Groan
― Titus Groan
“Seeing an Earl as an owl on a mantelpiece, and having part of one's face removed by a cat, both on the same morning, can temporarily undermine the self-control of any man.”
― Titus Groan
― Titus Groan
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