“So now get up.' Felled, dazed, silent, he has fallen; knocked full length on the cobbles of the yard. His head turns sideways; his eyes are turned toward the gate, as if someone might arrive to help him out. One blow, properly placed, could kill him now.”
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“His suppressed grief becomes anger. But what can he do with anger? It must also be suppressed.”
“No son wishes to see his son less powerful than himself.”
“You can persuade the quick to think again, but you cannot remake your reputation with the dead.”
“Fantasy is unconstrained by truth.”