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“However, the Liberals and Conservatives differed over how to combat the spread of such appalling beliefs as “equality,” “fair pay,” and “democracy.” The Conservatives believed in coming down hard on them; this involved being curt with your campesinos, keeping them illiterate, and paying them a fixed wage of 150 pesos a week. The Liberals, on the other hand, believed in being jolly with your campesinos, teaching them to read bits of paper with instructions on them, and paying them a fixed wage of 150 pesos a week.”
― Louis de Bernières, The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts

“The thought of young people gazing in horror and repulsion at my sagging flesh and atrophied limbs does not hold strong appeal. I’m forty-three, and already they’re doing it.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“During the commute home came a dark possibility, a thought he felt trapped in the car with him. It was that he had always relied on his success to separate him from the time and people he’d manipulated to reach it.”
― Kathleen Alcott, America Was Hard To Find

“Is it my fault they died,” she said, her eyes rooting around in his as though solace were something that could be stolen.”
― Kathleen Alcott, America Was Hard To Find