You said five little words to someone — How can I help you? — and it was as if you'd mortgaged your soul out to them. - Kate Atkinson

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The future was coming nearer, one relentless goose step after the next. Juliet could still remember when Hitler had seemed like a harmless clown. No one was amused now. (“The clowns are the dangerous ones,” Perry said.)

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Choice, it seemed, was one of the first casualties of war.

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The purpose of Art,” his mother, Sylvie, said — instructed even — “is to convey the truth of a thing, not to be the truth itself.

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A God in Ruins · May 5, 2015 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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