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‘It would be a dull world if it was the same everywhere,’
Never agree to do something without knowing what it is.’
Everyone says she’s mad.’ ‘How do they know?’ I asked. ‘Because she’s different from other people, I suppose.’ ‘Is that being mad?’ ‘No. Not really, I suppose madness is not seeing things as others see them.’
Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday: This is the end of Solomon Grundy. Was that all that life amounted to, in the end? And were we all Solomon Grundys?
‘We don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl,’ said Riaz. ‘Makes no difference. A baby’s a baby.
‘And when all the wars are done,’ I said, ‘a butterfly will still be beautiful.’
It was easy for me to rob a greedy man. But robbing a nice man could be a problem.
