‘The fact is, and just between you and me, I really am not powerful. As a result I probably feel no less respect for the powerful than you do, but I am not as honest as you and won’t always admit it.’
swapnaneel03has quoted7 months ago
a bell rang there with a lively, cheerful note, although the sound was painful too, and made his heart quail momentarily as if threatened with getting what it vaguely desired.
b2960961589has quoted13 days ago
He fetched the straw mattress
b2960961589has quoted13 days ago
shook their heads
b2960961589has quoted13 days ago
gnarled walkingstick within reach
b2960961589has quoted13 days ago
mingling of malice and caution
Wisamhas quoted6 months ago
Then he ordered more mineral water, hurriedly downing glass after glass.
Wisamhas quoted6 months ago
during his months of incarceration he must have paced in just this way, like a caged animal,