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"His eyes open and he is suddenly, completely awake, his dream of his sister Mischa, long dead and digested, running seamlessly into this present waking: danger then, danger now. Knowing he is in danger did not disturb his sleep any more than killing the pickpocket did."
— 14 hours, 11 min ago
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Courtney
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“The wind off the Chesapeake gains strength, who’s the candle flames until they gutter out, sings through the strings of the harpsichord in the dark - now an accidental tune, now a thin scream from long ago.”
— 6 hours, 29 min ago
Courtney
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“He prefers the sound and feel of the harpsichord; because it is not possible to control the volume of the quill-plucked strings, the music arrives like experience, sudden and entire.”
— 6 hours, 33 min ago
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“Her car amused him it was at once whimsical and terribly efficient.”
— 6 hours, 44 min ago
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“Mischa loved dark purple, loved the color aubergine, as long as she lived.”
— 6 hours, 48 min ago
Courtney
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“First, he sketched her face…in it starling looks like a child and her hair, like Mischa’s, is stuck to her cheek with tears,”
— 7 hours, 46 min ago
Courtney
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“Since this partial answer to his prayer, Hannibal Lecter had not been bothered by any considerations of deity, other than to recognize how his own modest predations paled beside those of God, who is in irony matchless, and in wanton malice beyond measure.”
— 7 hours, 47 min ago
Courtney
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“How many like him had been wasted by stupidity and selfishness and the bargaining of tired old men. Whether you believe in God or not, if you are a warrior Arlington is a sacred place, and the tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.”
— 8 hours, 17 min ago
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"And so, with small steps, Clarice Starling began to pursue Dr. Lecter down the corridors of his taste, with more confidence in her footing than was entirely justified."
— 9 hours, 28 min ago
Courtney
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"The first step in the development of taste is to be willing to credit your own opinion."
— 9 hours, 36 min ago
Courtney
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"'You can trust me, you know, though I expect you find trust difficult, knowing yourself.'"
— 10 hours, 17 min ago