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The Alice Network
Kate Quinn
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“What did it matter if something scared you, when it simply had to be done?”
“Hope was such a painful thing, far more painful than rage.”
“There are two kinds of flowers when it comes to women,” Eve said. “The kind that sit safe in a beautiful vase, or the kind that survive in any conditions . . . even in evil. Lili was the latter. Which are you?”
“Poetry is like passion--it should not be merely pretty; it should overwhelm and bruise.”
“Fleurs du mal,” Eve heard herself saying, and shivered. “What?” “Baudelaire. We are not flowers to be plucked and shielded, Captain. We are flowers who flourish in evil.”
“So you're met Finn. He's a dash, isn't he? If I weren't older than dirt and ugly as sin, I'd climb that like a French alp.”
“Steel blades such as you and I do not measure against the standards for ordinary women”
“I will not tell you one single solitary fact about my work, my friends, or the woman I was arrested with. But I will tell you this, Rene Bordelon. You're a gullible fool. You're a terrible lover. And I hate Baudelaire.”
“The idea made her sick and scared, but so what? Why did it matter if something scared you, when it simply had to be done anyway?”
“Life ought to be more like a play; the entrances and exits would be a lot cleaner.”
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Book Keywords:
wwi-wwii, passion, poetry, alice
