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“What's your name?"
"Cleo," said Cleo.
He nodded. "Approriate."
"How so?"
"Cleopatra, the original undoer of men."
"But I am just Cleo. What's your name?"
"Frank," said Frank.
"Short for?"
"Short for nothing. What of earth would Frank be short for?"
"I don't know," Cleo smiled. "Frankfurter, frankincense, Frankenstein...."
"Frankenstein sounds about right. Creator of monsters."
"You make monsters?"
"Sort of," said Frank. "I make ads.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
"Cleo," said Cleo.
He nodded. "Approriate."
"How so?"
"Cleopatra, the original undoer of men."
"But I am just Cleo. What's your name?"
"Frank," said Frank.
"Short for?"
"Short for nothing. What of earth would Frank be short for?"
"I don't know," Cleo smiled. "Frankfurter, frankincense, Frankenstein...."
"Frankenstein sounds about right. Creator of monsters."
"You make monsters?"
"Sort of," said Frank. "I make ads.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“Still, something did not seem right, and Robin could tell from Victoire’s and Ramy’s faces that they thought so too. It took him a moment to realize what it was that grated on him, and when he did, it would bother him constantly, now and thereafter; it would seem a great paradox, the fact that after everything they had told Letty, all the pain they had shared, she was the one who needed comfort.”
― Babel
― Babel
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― Babel
― Babel
“was He … that turned His back on me. I will always have room … for God … in my heart.” The minister began to pray.”
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
“Abitha could see that these people believed, truly believed, that they were doing God’s work here this day. And there was something about these people that horrified Abitha even worse than those whose faces were lined with cruelty. As at least cruelty was a thing that could be pointed out, confronted. But this belief, this absolute conviction that this evil they were doing was good, was God’s work—how, she wondered, how could such a dark conviction ever be overcome?”
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
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