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‘I believe the present matters—not the past! The past must go. If we seek to keep the past alive, we end, I think, by distorting it. We see it in exaggerated terms—a false perspective.’
“Writers of history often seek the dramatic over the truth. It is a failing of the profession.”
― Sailing to Sarantium
― Sailing to Sarantium
“BLANCHE: You see I still have that awful vanity about my looks even now that my looks are slipping!”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“The crest is meant to resemble a gold seal on white stationery, I believe, but it looks remarkably like a urine stain on a bedsheet,”
― The Hod King
― The Hod King
“Second, and even more impressively, they became the first side in top-flight history to score in every league game, a record that’s been unfairly – if understandably – overshadowed by the Invincibles campaign.”
― The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
― The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
“A man may rot like an egg: His shell does not show it, but all that is within him has gone foul.”
― The Hod King
― The Hod King
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