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"The reader uses the same inflections for Purcell as John Corey. It was distracting...and the story/dialogue was always on the same arc: silences, questions not answered, guesses about intent...did not finish it as it was tedious to listen to." — Nov 28, 2014 05:20AM
"The reader uses the same inflections for Purcell as John Corey. It was distracting...and the story/dialogue was always on the same arc: silences, questions not answered, guesses about intent...did not finish it as it was tedious to listen to." — Nov 28, 2014 05:20AM
“Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag?”
― Winter of the World
― Winter of the World
“To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)”
― Blood Test
― Blood Test
“People think it's just forgetting your keys, she says. Or the words for things. But there are the personality changes. The mood swings. The
hostility and even violence. Even from the gentlest person in the world. You lose the person you love. And you are left with the shell... And you are expected to go on loving them even when they are no longer there. You are supposed to be loyal. It’s not
that other people expect it. It’s that you expect it of yourself. And you long for it to be over soon.”
― Turn of Mind
hostility and even violence. Even from the gentlest person in the world. You lose the person you love. And you are left with the shell... And you are expected to go on loving them even when they are no longer there. You are supposed to be loyal. It’s not
that other people expect it. It’s that you expect it of yourself. And you long for it to be over soon.”
― Turn of Mind
“Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.”
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“Because,if you didn't allow yourself to love, you would risk losing everything.”
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