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Mendel's Dwarf Mendel's Dwarf by Simon Mawer
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“You can tell nothing from a man's appearance, nothing except the depths of your own prejudice.”
Simon Mawer, Mendel's Dwarf
“It is difficult to reconstruct an emotion. At times it is difficult even to admit to one. I have practiced long and hard at denying entry to such twin imposters as triumph and disaster, or love and hate, but sometimes the barriers are breached.”
Simon Mawer, Mendel's Dwarf
“I'm fond of her."
Oh yeah? Fond are you? I've heard of fond. I expect old erection here" - she pointed to the tube of DNA - "was fond of his victim. Fond is a prude's word, Ben. You fancy her. That's what you say. You fancy Miss Library something painful. And who knows?" She grinned, gap-toothed, like the Wife of Bath. "Maybe she fancies you.”
Simon Mawer, Mendel's Dwarf