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“since historians must and ought to be exact, truthful, and absolutely free of passions, for neither interest, fear, rancor, nor affection should make them deviate from the path of the truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, repository of great deeds, witness to the past, example and adviser to the present, and forewarning to the future.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote

“I'm a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise

“From the beginning writing meant freedom, a spreading of wings. I had never known such exhiliration. It was as though I had levitated and left the world below.”
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“The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,” he said. “It plants words as I plant stones. The Scroll-maker is my brother. He paints the mysteries of God while I, guided by the Mother, built the new Hall as a door to heaven,” he said.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
― The Alchemy Fire Murder

“Inside he was hurt. Not so much with Linda, but his failure to impress women generally with his abilities. There she was, an example: lending – no, giving –thirty thousand pounds to a smooth-talking old bastard, but she would not part with a penny to him after living with him for a year or more.”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
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