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Ron Bottorff
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“As William Shakespeare said in Henry IV, “we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next.”
― Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
― Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
“And besides we were like wolves! We turned wolves into dogs and they turned us into humans— we were something like orangutans before, solitaries who didn’t know how to work together, it was the wolves who taught us that, who taught us the idea of friendship and cooperation”
― The Ministry for the Future
― The Ministry for the Future
“Perez might irritate the shit out of him, but he was the best judge of character Taylor knew. He watched men like David Attenborough watched animals.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“The Swiss had always slanted against the grain, always pushed against the received wisdom that tended to wash over the rest of Europe in waves of intellectual fashion, everything from details of fashion to participation in world wars.”
― The Ministry for the Future
― The Ministry for the Future
“And there are things about the Swiss you have to admire. They are so punktlich, so punctual— this is funny at first, but what is it but a regard for the other person? You are saying to the other person, your time is as valuable as mine, so I will not waste yours by being late. Let us agree we are all equally important and so everyone has to be on time, in order to respect each other.”
― The Ministry for the Future
― The Ministry for the Future
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