“There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.”
“There is something slightly sinister about Prague, just as there is about Lyon and Turin.”
John Banville: Using words to paint pictures of "magical" Prague (2006)
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“Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.”
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“There is something beautiful about virtue, Captain. But I am just a poor guy.”
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“Babies are like kittens, Julie, they grow into something much more sinister.”
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