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101 " I suppose numbers, being immutable, are comforting when one feels one isn’t quite in control of things. Three will always be three. "
― Natasha Pulley , The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, #1)
102 " One of the great evils of our time for men and women is to be educated beyond one’s purpose in life. "
103 " Not malaria, then,’ she said, without laughing, because ten years ago it had been funny that he was a stupid person. It was not funny now. ‘Or those insufficiently educated for their purpose. "
104 " . . .She started to feel a bubble of lightness coming up through her ribs. It had been very fragile at first, but she thought now it was made of something stronger than suds. . .(p. 121) "
105 " The water in the drains below the cobbles muttered. "
106 " He had been pleased about that when he heard, then horrified to be pleased, because being pleased with something so boring meant that without noticing, at no particular point that he could see, he had shrunk to fit the job. "
107 " She had decided some time ago that it was her duty to make Matsumoto learn some science. It was embarrassing to be associated with a man who thought Newton was a town. "
108 " They were philosophers; they put two and two together and got a goldfish. "