"At the door, there was one of those moment when two people realize that they like each other more than they know each other. This is nicer than the opposite situation, but more awkward. You try to remember the protocol for touching. You hate to gush, or presume to much, yet you are unwilling to let the moment pass without without some gesture"

-- Emma Donoghue

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“The devil's voice is sweet to hear.”
“Both our opinions are rooted in our experience," I said. "Both of them are true, it's just that we've had different experiences.”
“You must place interest in principle above interest on principal.”
“A library implies an act of faith.”
“That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.”
“Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe, depending on his bringing up.”
“When I was growing up - say in the fifties - the thirties to me didn't even exist. I couldn't even imagine them in any kind of way, so I don't expect anyone growing up now is gonna even understand what the sixties were all about, anymore than I could the thirties or twenties.”
“Nothing in this world came out of satisfaction. Except the human race.”

Source : Josephine Tey (1997). “Brat Farrar”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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