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Something I learned early is that most assholes don’t have comebacks.
“Always check your hats be-
fore donning them. You never know what might be lurking inside.”
― Heartless
fore donning them. You never know what might be lurking inside.”
― Heartless
“War did not come like a hurricane, Rorimer realized, destroying everything in its path. It came like a tornado, touching down in patches, taking with it one life while leaving the next person unharmed.”
― The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
― The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
“He stopped in a seedy alley in Holborn where he jumped down from the carriage, held a muttered conference with a dirty, one-eyed old woman, and climbed back in, his arms full of grubby cloth.
She wrinkled her nose. "Phew. What the devil is all that?"
"It's a dress."
"Oh, no. I'm not putting that on. It stinks of last week's washing up."
"It smells of the people.”
― A Spy in the House
She wrinkled her nose. "Phew. What the devil is all that?"
"It's a dress."
"Oh, no. I'm not putting that on. It stinks of last week's washing up."
"It smells of the people.”
― A Spy in the House
“When you give your master his letter, also give him this. And tell him that in the Red Desert, we do not abuse our disciples.”
― The Assassin and the Desert
― The Assassin and the Desert
“Spoon!” James said, running at his uncle Gabriel and jabbing him in the thigh. Gabriel mussed the boy’s hair affectionately.
“You’re such a good boy,” he said. “I often wonder how you could possibly be Will’s.”
“Spoon,” James said, leaning against his uncle’s leg lovingly.
“No, Jamie,” Will urged. “Your honorable father has been impugned. Attack, attack!”
― The Whitechapel Fiend
“You’re such a good boy,” he said. “I often wonder how you could possibly be Will’s.”
“Spoon,” James said, leaning against his uncle’s leg lovingly.
“No, Jamie,” Will urged. “Your honorable father has been impugned. Attack, attack!”
― The Whitechapel Fiend
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