"Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside."

-- Mira Grant

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“In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.”
“A dead body was discovered this week on the grounds of a country estate owned by Queen Elizabeth. The queen said today she hopes this serves as a reminder to anybody on her staff that there is a right way and a wrong way to polish sterling silver.”
“There's always another storm. It's the way the world works. Snowstorms, rainstorms, windstorms, sandstorms, and firestorms. Some are fierce and others are small. You have to deal with each one separately, but you need to keep an eye on whats brewing for tomorrow.”
“Liberty is about our rights to question everything.”
“No act can be quite so intimate as the sexual embrace.”
“Everything is so finite but thatâ€™s what makes our time and specific moments so important.”
“It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'”
“I cannot live one day without love.”

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