Jedediah Berry quotes
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“If you are not setting a trap, then you are probably walking into one. It is the mark of the master to do both at once.”
-- Jedediah BerrySource : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.170, Penguin
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“She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them.”
-- Jedediah BerrySource : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.8, Penguin
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“Love is the same as being lost,' says Jacques to the dark. 'Except you don't care that you're lost.”
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“The world is unkind to the shoeless and frolicsome.”
-- Jedediah BerrySource : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.30, Penguin
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“Woe to he who checkmates his opponents at last, only to discover they have been playing cribbage.”
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“A train will bring you back to the place you came from, but it will not return you home.”
-- Jedediah BerrySource : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.213, Penguin
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“I was to be buried inside my own creation, the better to keep its secrets. I will not tell you more, for your sake. But if you ask, I will answer.”
-- Jedediah BerrySource : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.120, Penguin
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“Could a dream kill a man? Could it strangle him where he sat sleeping?”
-- Jedediah BerrySource : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.158, Penguin
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“A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.”
Source : China Mieville (2000). “King Rat”, p.254, Macmillan
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“Worry about being respected, never worry about being liked because that's the trap.”
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“SUCCESS DEFINITION-- WHEN OUR SIGNATURE CHANGES TO AUTOGRAPH ,this marks the success.”
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“Mark Twain once said that history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”
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“It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.”
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“It is a mark of genius not to astonish but to be astonished.”
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“Certainly, you're not going to able to go and pull a Mark Mulder out of your hat somewhere.”
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