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“L’époque où nous vivons regorge de ces idiots intelligents dont la société fait regretter les braves imbéciles du temps jadis.”

Book:Riquet à la houppe

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“Personne ne se demandait combien de temps ça durerait, l'interdiction d'avorter et de vivre ensemble sans se marier. Les signes de changements collectifs ne sont pas perceptibles dans la particularité des vies, sauf peut-être dans le dégoût et la fatigue qui font penser secrètement "rien ne changera donc jamais" à des milliers d'individus en même temps.”

Société

Book:Les Années

Source: Les Années

“... Men are either to be kindly treated, or utterly crushed, since they can revenge lighter injuries, but not graver. Wherefore the injury we to do a man should be of a sort to leave no fear of reprisals.”

Efficiency Protective Thorough

Book:The Prince

Source: The Prince

“For we may remark generally of our mathematical researches, that these auxiliary quantities, these long and difficult calculations into which we are often drawn, are almost always proofs that we have not in the beginning considered the objects themselves so thoroughly and directly as their nature requires, since all is abridged and simplified, as soon as we place ourselves in a right point of view.”

Science Difficult Nature Research Mathematics Math Calculations Thorough Abridged Auxiliary Simplified

Author:Louis Poinsot

“Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most.”

“I sized Seth up. As usual his khaki pants were pristine, perfectly pressed, not a dirt stain in sight. Seth Allen had to be the only person on the planet who could make it through pitch-black underground tunnels without getting a speck of dirt on his pants, but give the kid a jelly donut, and jam would end up in places jam had absolutely no right to be.”

Seth Allen

Book:The Lies That Bind

Source: The Lies That Bind

“You installed a GPS tracker on my phone? Seriously?" I was equal parts impressed and horrified. Apparently Seth's obsession with my whereabouts knew no bounds.”

Kate Lowry Seth Allen

Book:The Lies That Bind

Source: The Lies That Bind

“Taylor looked like she she was literally about to disembowel Seth, which would have been kind of awesome if Seth wasn't one of my best friends.”

Seth Allen Taylor Wright

Book:The Lies That Bind

Source: The Lies That Bind

“And you- there's no way you're 5-foot-4. If you're going to round up, at least go with something more realistic, like 5-foot-2.”

Seth Allen Liam Gillmour

Book:The Lies That Bind

Source: The Lies That Bind

“I'm fine. Really. The mere threat of mouth-to-mouth probably saved me from slipping into a coma." "That's what I'm here for," Seth replied cheerfully.”

Kate Lowry Seth Allen

Book:The Lies That Bind

Source: The Lies That Bind

“Years may pass but they'd still remain each other's first love with complex strings attached”

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Book:Destined Desires: A Tale of Two Souls

Source: Destined Desires: A Tale of Two Souls

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