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His advisers sat on either side of him in a shallow crescent of lower seats. The idea was that the Emperor should look straight ahead, and only hear the words of wisdom that tinkled in his ears, without being in any way swayed by the
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“India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in.”
― The Girl of Ink and Stars
― The Girl of Ink and Stars
“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
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“Forget solar energy—if you could harness denial, it would power the world for generations.”
― Challenger Deep
― Challenger Deep
“He wasn't a patient. I expect someone cured him. You cure a lot of people in this country, don't you, with bullets?”
― The Power and the Glory
― The Power and the Glory
“It was a gambler's action, but his whole life had probably been made up of gambles; it could hardly be otherwise in the outback.”
― A Town Like Alice
― A Town Like Alice
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