“She had not meant him to translate her words about returning home so literally at the first; she had not intended him to learn her secret; but more than all she was not able to endure the perception of his learning it and continuing unmoved.”
― Desperate Remedies
― Desperate Remedies
“Joseph stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked upward, waiting for her to reappear. He felt a desire to open his body for her inspection, so that she could see all the hidden things in him, even the things he did not know were there.
"That would be right," he thought. "Then she would know the kind of man I am; and if she knew that she would be a part of me.”
― To a God Unknown
"That would be right," he thought. "Then she would know the kind of man I am; and if she knew that she would be a part of me.”
― To a God Unknown
“Newspaper stories aren't always accurate," Klaus said nervously.
The shopkeeper frowned. "Nonsense," he said. "The Daily Punctilio wouldn't print things that aren't true. If the newspaper says somebody is a murderer, then they are a murderer and that's the end of it. Now you said you wanted to send a telegram?”
― The Hostile Hospital
The shopkeeper frowned. "Nonsense," he said. "The Daily Punctilio wouldn't print things that aren't true. If the newspaper says somebody is a murderer, then they are a murderer and that's the end of it. Now you said you wanted to send a telegram?”
― The Hostile Hospital
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