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"Reading according to the rec from a friend. As a kind of good-faith favor, as it were." — May 27, 2026 09:19AM
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"question whether either Brooks-Dalton or her editorial staff knows the difference between "complicit" and "compliant"" — Apr 07, 2026 12:59PM
"question whether either Brooks-Dalton or her editorial staff knows the difference between "complicit" and "compliant"" — Apr 07, 2026 12:59PM
I’m not doing anything I haven’t been doing longer than you’ve been alive. I haven’t died yet.” “Death isn’t a habit you develop, you know, like tobacco or whiskey. It only takes once.” “In that case, I promise I’ll let you know before I
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“Mr. Robinson was a polished sort of person. He was so clean and healthy and pleased about everything that he positively shone - which is only to be expected in a fairy or an angel, but is somewhat disconcerting in an attorney.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“He was painfully shy, which, as is often the manner of the painfully shy, he overcompensated for by being too loud at the wrong times.”
― Stardust
― Stardust
“Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!"
"Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
"Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
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