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Mendel's Dwarf QUOTES

Mendel's Dwarf QUOTES

1 " You can tell nothing from a man's appearance, nothing except the depths of your own prejudice. "

― Simon Mawer , Mendel's Dwarf

2 " It is difficult to reconstruct an emotion. At times it is difficult even to admit to one. I have practiced long and hard at denying entry to such twin imposters as triumph and disaster, or love and hate, but sometimes the barriers are breached. "

― Simon Mawer , Mendel's Dwarf

3 " I'm fond of her."
Oh yeah? Fond are you? I've heard of fond. I expect old erection here" - she pointed to the tube of DNA - "was fond of his victim. Fond is a prude's word, Ben. You fancy her. That's what you say. You fancy Miss Library something painful. And who knows?" She grinned, gap-toothed, like the Wife of Bath. "Maybe she fancies you. "

― Simon Mawer , Mendel's Dwarf