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“She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fascinated her. It was too bad you could never have an intelligent discussion on the subject. People were either too young or too old, or else they didn't have time.”
― Tove Jansson, The Summer Book

“Well, I do what I say. Which is why I don’t say much.”
― Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

“Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.”
― Frank Herbert

“Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security.”
― Tove Jansson, The Summer Book