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“He said it was wife’s idea to name their daughter after him but I didn’t believe him. Could have been worse, I decided. It could have been Nigella.”
― Broken Homes
― Broken Homes
“CO19, the Met’s firearms unit, whose unofficial motto is, “Guns don’t kill people, we kill people with guns.”
― Whispers Under Ground
― Whispers Under Ground
“Still, there it is, of course. The point to be considered now is, What will Aunt Agatha do about this? You know her, Jeeves. She is not like me. I’m broad-minded. If Uncle George wants to marry waitresses, let him, say I. I hold that the rank is but the penny stamp—’ ‘Guinea stamp, sir.’ ‘All right, guinea stamp. Though I don’t believe there is such a thing. I shouldn’t have thought they came higher than five bob.'
Wodehouse, P.G.. Very Good, Jeeves”
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Wodehouse, P.G.. Very Good, Jeeves”
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“There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1--to tell him you have read one of his books; 2--to tell him you have read all of his books; 3--to ask him to let you read the manuscript of his forthcoming book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2 admits you to his admiration; No. 3 carries you clear into his heart.”
― The Complete Mark Twain Collection
― The Complete Mark Twain Collection
“And what if it were only a story?” said Mrs. May quickly, “so long as it was a good story? Keep your sense of wonder, child, and don’t be so literal. Anything we haven’t experienced for ourselves sounds like a story. All we can ever do is sift the evidence.”
― The Borrowers
― The Borrowers
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