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The evil and decisive fling down those who are moral, honest and noble but maladroit, hesitant and full of scruples.”
The mule was called Draakul. It was so named by Regis immediately after being stolen and so it remained. Regis was clearly entertained by the name, which no doubt had some amusing significance in the culture and speech of vampires, but which he did not wish to explain to us, claiming it was an untranslatable pun.
The conclusion thus being that the most effective defence against intellectual domination is roundly to affront the domineering intellectual.
for though the Dank Wilderness was so dank it would have been difficult to imagine anything danker,
it is better to go forward without an aim than loiter without an aim, and with surety much better than to retreat without an aim.
Verily, great self-righteousness and great blindness are needed to call the gore pouring from the scaffold justice.
I’ve never understood why the majority of human curses and insults refer to the erotic sphere. Sex is wonderful and associated with beauty, joy and pleasure. How can the names of the sexual organs be used as a vulgar synonym for
He advertised them with the slogan “Defend yourself.” His handbill declared “Banditry and violence are rampant among us. The law is powerless and inept. Defend yourself! Don’t leave home without a handy Gabriel crossbow. A Gabriel is your guardian, a Gabriel will protect you and your dear ones from bandits.” Sales were phenomenal. Soon every bandit packed a Gabriel during robberies.
sotto voce.
