“I just don’t like it, for extremely large values of don’t and like.”
Charles Stross book Iron Sunrise
Source: Iron Sunrise (2004), Chapter 15, “Preparing for Ghosts and Dogs” (p. 251)
“Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.”
— Henry James, book Washington Square
Source: Washington Square
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