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If you shoot at a king—don’t miss.”
Good advice...
he’d taken the news with the grim determination of a cavalry lieutenant facing a wall of cannons.
Being a West Pointer I was surprised at the analogy, but a good one.
Translated as “for this one occasion,” pro hac vice was a lawyer’s request for permission to appear in a court where he was not licensed.
Just learned something.
Her chest grew cold, as if a ghost had passed through her.
Nice!
mischievous postman who’d fathered kids all over the neighborhood.
Funny!
I was happier than a tornado in a trailer park.
Good analogy.
As in the tech world, she would show no sign of weakness. Weakness was like catnip for assholes.
If assholes were cats.
There are many people out there for whom morality is a convenience to be placed aside for the right price.”
Too many!
She only got so many meals in a lifetime. She hated to waste any of them on inedible food.
Again funny!
