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“I need to feel strongly, to love and to admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe. A letter from a friend, a Balthus painting on a postcard, a page of Saint-Simon, give meaning to the passing hours.”
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“Mastering the technology to create effigies of our ourselves, will be our downfall.”
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“Sin embargo, ¿quién había dado libertad a quién? ¿Cómo se podía utilizar ese regalo? ¿Qué prometía esa palabra de tres sílabas que, con ayuda de los epítetos que se quisiera, se podía interpretar, ampliar, estrechar, incluso convertir en lo contrario?”
― Peeling the Onion
― Peeling the Onion
“Lev was a man who appreciated the finer things in life. To him, Maeve was one of them.”
― Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss
― Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss
“Frank knew the correct term was sword rapier and that it was a reproduction of the kind of weapon used by armies in seventeenth-century Europe.
Made of high carbon steel, the blade was as long as a yardstick and gained another six or seven inches in its scabbard. The cup hilt indicated its Spanish roots. Less than three pounds in all, he had to admit it was easy to carry, fitting close to his body. Then why the aversion, the dread?
Was it some pacifist leanings? Or the distaste for a weapon that might end a life?”
― Shared Sorrows
Made of high carbon steel, the blade was as long as a yardstick and gained another six or seven inches in its scabbard. The cup hilt indicated its Spanish roots. Less than three pounds in all, he had to admit it was easy to carry, fitting close to his body. Then why the aversion, the dread?
Was it some pacifist leanings? Or the distaste for a weapon that might end a life?”
― Shared Sorrows
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