... maybe the rules were there to make you think before you broke them. (TOT)
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Everyone has an unconditional clause in their life, some little unspoken addition to the rules like 'except when I really need to' or 'unless no one is looking' or, indeed, 'unless the first on was nougat.' (TOT)
... people never see anyone who wants them to give them money. (TOT)
Unfortunately, Unity did not seem to have mastered some of the subtleties of human conversation, such as when a time of voice means 'Stop this line of inquiry right now or may huge rats eat you by day and by night.' (TOT)
'Everything I have just said is nonsense. It bears no resemblance to the truth of the matter in any way at all. But it is a lie that you can ... understand, I think.' (TOT)
Who knew where humanity began and where it finished? (TOT)
IN ORDER TO HAVE A CHANGE OF FORTUNE AT THE LAST MINUTE YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR FORTUNE TO THE LAST MINUTE ... (TOT)
'... them as has it in them to shine will shine through six layers of muck, whereas those we ain't shiny won't shine however much you buff 'em.' (TOT)
'... sometimes when the high and mighty make big plans they don't always think about the fine detail...' (TOT)
'... it'd all gone myffic.'
'Mythic?' said schoolteacher Susan. 'Yep. With extra myff. And you can get into big trouble with myffic.' (TOT) 'You had to live in the world. Otherwise, how could you learn to be human?' (TOT)
'Part of us thinks all kinds of things...' (TOT)
'... there is so much context to being human, I am afraid.' (TOT)
'I was one of them,' said Lady LeJean. 'Now I rather think I'm one of me.' (TOT)
Knowing how to use other people's vanity was a martial art all in itself... (TOT)
Bodies were a major human weakness. (TOT)
You had to hand it to human beings. They had one of the strangest powers in the universe. Even her grandfather had remarked upon it. No other species anywhere in the world had invented boredom. Perhaps it was boredom, not intelligence, that had propelled them the up the evolutionary ladder. (TOT)
It was hard to deal with people when a tiny part of you saw them as a temporary collection of atoms that would not be around in another few decades. (TOT)
... perhaps everyone need a tiny part of themselves that can, metaphorically, be allowed to run naked in the rain*, to think the unthinkable thoughts, to hide in corners and spy on the world, to do the forbidden but enjoyable deeds.
* Quite an overrated activity. (TOT) |
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