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night bird flitted overhead. Jame paused to watch it, thinking enviously of wings. For a moment it showed clearly against the moon-silvered clouds, and then the wall of mountains to the west swallowed it.
“The saying goes, ‘The black tides of heaven direct the courses of human lives.’ To which a wise teacher said, ‘But as with all waters, one can swim against the tide.”
― The Black Tides of Heaven
― The Black Tides of Heaven
“Benford’s office looked like the atelier”
― Red Sparrow
― Red Sparrow
“Unmet promises are rarely empty; rather, they’re filled with the unspoken things people don’t want to do or can’t do.”
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― Join
“As best as the Count could determine, the Bolsheviks assembled whenever possible in whichever form for whatever reason. In a single week, there might be committees, caucuses, colloquiums, congresses, and conventions variously coming together to establish codes, set courses of action, levy complaints, and generally clamor about the world’s oldest problems in its newest nomenclature. If”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“I’ve always loved Russian humor,” said Nate. “It’s a shame there’s so little of it.”
― Red Sparrow
― Red Sparrow
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