““Thank you very much, sir,” said Beth with nothing resembling actual gratitude.”
Prologue “The Minder” section 5 (p. 10)
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
“It is venturesome to think that a coordination of words (philosophies are nothing more than that) can resemble the universe very much.”
Discussion (1932)
Context: It is venturesome to think that a coordination of words (philosophies are nothing more than that) can resemble the universe very much. It is also venturesome to think that of all these illustrious coordinations, one of them — at least in an infinitesimal way — does not resemble the universe a bit more than the others.
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