Sublime

“Besides, Wellington, the Duke is really two men. One of them I love very much. He’s charming, witty, considerate…tender—everything a woman could desire. But the other man is…cold, callous, demanding, selfish—as harsh and cruel as a winter wind. That’s the man shaped by the father.” Her face contorted. “If only that old man had died when my Duke wa

“The Angel of Death, the Angel of Mercy, the Angel of Ruined Dinners…”

“She does have his features, does she not? It is as if he were not… were not…” Cutting off the final part of what he might have said, he sharply turned his head toward the window and developed a fierce interest in the plain unchanging view of tiled rooftops that it offered. Quietly he said, “He was the best of us.” The room sank into silence for a

It’s as if each

Among the young men their friends and neighbours, the belle jeunesse of the Colony, there were many excellent fellows, several devoted swains, and some two or three who enjoyed the reputation of universal charmers and conquerors. But the home-bred arts and the somewhat boisterous gallantry of those honest young colonists were completely eclipsed by

But in the world of satisfying stories—her preferred domain—both of Olivia’s parents are so much less than they should have been.

Yes, the novelist knows humanity, how worthless they are, ruled by their testicles, swayed by cowardice, selling out every cause because of their greed – all he’s got to do is thump on the drum, and there’s his response.

. It’s not that I don’t accept God, Alyosha. I just most respectfully return him the ticket.4