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1 " Everyone calls barbarity what he is not accustomed to. "
― M.J. Carter , The Strangler Vine (The Blake and Avery Mystery Series, #1)
2 " To paraphrase Montaigne—even when you’re sitting on the highest throne in the world, you’re still sitting on your arse. "
3 " For mile after mile the strangler vines choked the sal trees, one grey trunk encircling another, until the whole jungle resembled some terrible tangled knot in which it was impossible to tell murderer from victim. "
4 " Don’t threaten me, you piece of filth. "
5 " The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little. You’ve done well, and honorably. "