The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton

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Аноним21 ноября 2015 г.
Joseph Pritchard always sought the hidden motive, the underlying truth; conspiracy enthralled him. He formed convictions as other men formed dependencies—a belief for him was as a thirst—and he fed his own convictions with all the erotic fervour of the willingly confirmed. This rapture extended to his self-regard. Whenever the subterranean waters of his mind were disturbed, he plunged inward, and struggled downward—kicking strongly, purposefully, as if he wished to touch the mineral depths of his own dark fantasies; as if he wished to drown.
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Аноним21 ноября 2015 г.
When he spoke vehemently he did not raise his voice, but lowered it.
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Аноним21 ноября 2015 г.
if Nilssen was vain of the impressions he created, it was because he knew that he created them very well.
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Аноним20 ноября 2015 г.
Walter Moody was not superstitious, though he derived great enjoyment from the superstitions of others, and he was not easily deceived by impression, though he took great care in designing his own.
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Аноним20 ноября 2015 г.
‘Oh, come!’ he said. ‘Ease your burden.’
‘It is not a burden to be eased, Mr. Balfour.’
‘My friend, I have never heard of such a thing.’
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Аноним20 ноября 2015 г.
Certainly whenever he caught his own reflection, in a window box, or in a pane of glass after nightfall, he felt a thrill of satisfaction—but as an engineer might feel, chancing upon a mechanism of his own devising and finding it splendid, flashing, properly oiled and performing exactly as he had predicted it should.
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Аноним20 ноября 2015 г.
He had, in short, an appearance that betrayed very little about his own character, and an appearance that others were immediately inclined to trust.
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Аноним12 августа 2015 г.
Здесь любой может начать все с чистого листа. Создать себя заново. Что это вообще такое - второе "я"? Что значит имя? Его подбираешь, как самородок с земли.
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Аноним6 августа 2015 г.
Он был непривычен к гнетущему бремени лжи, когда врун вдруг осознает, что произнесенное вранье связало его по рукам и ногам, и теперь он вынужден продолжать лгать и громоздить на первый из обманов новые, помельче, и, замкнувшись в себе, одиноко размышлять о совершенной ошибке.
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Аноним20 июля 2015 г.
С.740: "...она, сжав зубы, приготовилась к любой судьбе - как встречаешь всем телом порыв ветра".
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