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1 " His order was evidently a usual one. 'I want, please,' he said with precision, 'one halfpenny bun and a small cup of black coffee.' An instant before the girl could turn away he added, 'Also, I want you to marry me. "
― G.K. Chesterton , The Invisible Man: Stories from the Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown Mysteries)
2 " Well, I’m afraid you’ll think it so prosy. We always begin at the abstract end of things, and you can’t begin this story anywhere else. "
3 " Have you ever noticed this — that people never answer what you say? They answer what you mean — or what they think you mean. "