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"The self may be royal, but it hungers like a pauper. [...] And it is a king imperilled, a sovereign forever at the mercy of many insurgents, of fear, for example, and anxiety, of isolation and bewilderment, of a strange unspeakable pride and a wild, silent shame. The self is beset by secrets, secrets eat at it constantly, secrets will tear down its kingdom and leave its sceptre broken in the dust."
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This short story was quite a nice introduction to the main characters, assuming there are longer stories told about the same characters. I would like to read more, as the characters and the world they live in seemed unusual and interesting. The beginn...more |
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For a collection of detective stories, this book was rather unusual... in it that most of the criminals escaped unpunished. It sounds weird, but the thing is, for every single one of them, it was the best outcome. It felt almost as if this book demons...more |
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“I'm not asking much,' he said. 'Only a miracle. Can you do this?'
Wong looked down at the briefing papers in front of him for a moment. Then he looked at Tambi in the eye. 'Miracles we have fifteen per cent extra surcharge. Is it okay?”
― Nury Vittachi
Wong looked down at the briefing papers in front of him for a moment. Then he looked at Tambi in the eye. 'Miracles we have fifteen per cent extra surcharge. Is it okay?”
― Nury Vittachi
“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”
― Rabindranath Tagore
― Rabindranath Tagore
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.”
― G.K. Chesterton
― G.K. Chesterton
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran
― Kahlil Gibran
“The self may be royal, but it hungers like a pauper. [...] And it is a king imperilled, a sovereign forever at the mercy of many insurgents, of fear, for example, and anxiety, of isolation and bewilderment, of a strange unspeakable pride and a wild, silent shame. The self is beset by secrets, secrets eat at it constantly, secrets will tear down its kingdom and leave its sceptre broken in the dust.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Enchantress Of Florence: A Novel
― Salman Rushdie, The Enchantress Of Florence: A Novel
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