"He who blushes is already guilty."

--

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Clouds out of control decoct anticipation. What use can any of us have for two moons? The miracle of order has run out and I am left in an unmiraculous city where anything may happen.”
“I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set standards, make everyone else itch to emulate.”
“There is no difference between science and art when it comes to creativeness, productiveness, to come to conclusions and to formulations.”
“We are identified and known by the sort of fruit, the quantity of fruit, and the quality of fruit borne out in our daily conversation, conduct, and character. There is no greater criterion for Christians. It is the paramount gauge of God's people.”
“Your lullaby would waken a drunken goblin!”
“I always wear a dinner jacket. I never have this definition of what goes for the morning or the evening or what works for the weekend.”
“You persist in this romantic vision of what it is to be a vampire, but despite my best efforts to curb it I have a taste for blood.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2011). “A Discovery of Witches: A Novel”, p.240, Penguin
“By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.”

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