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robot7 мая 2018 г.Men did not like to be made to think less of themselves, and they were prone to restore their dented pride at someone else’s expense.
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“You know how they say you need to put yourself in another man’s shoes?”
“To understand his position. Yes?”
“Aye, but that’s the thing. Put yourself in his shoes, and it’s still yourself. Your feet don’t fit my shoes, never will. You need to see things how the other fellow sees ’em, not put yourself in his place, because you’re not him.”128 - robot7 мая 2018 г.
Such an easy thing, to be liked. All you had to do was make sure people didn’t know you.
120 - robot25 августа 2017 г.Читать далее
They stared at each other. “You asked me for my terms, my lord,” David said at last.
“Go on.”
“There are none. I don’t work for you. I am not in your service. If I help you, it is my choice.” He lifted his chin a fraction. “A kindness from a friend and not to be repaid.”
Other men might have made Richard pay through the nose. David was graciously conferring a benefit on him for which Richard would be indebted forever, a grateful dependent.
He had known the price would be high one way or another, but he had not imagined this.19 - robot25 августа 2017 г.Читать далее
He reached out to brush a loose red strand back from David’s forehead and tucked it behind his ear with care. David felt his lungs constrict. “Good God, you’re lovely. Your hair.”
“You hate my hair,” David pointed out, feeling that little resentment catch and burn.
“Your hair is the most beautiful thing in the world,” Lord Richard said simply, and David’s mouth dropped open.
“What?” His voice rose with incredulity. “I have been powdering it for years because you didn’t want to look at it!”
“Because I couldn’t trust myself to look at it,” Lord Richard said. “From the moment you walked in, the very first day, I couldn’t think for the sight of it. It’s stunning.”19 - robot25 августа 2017 г.
You don’t have to forgive, my lord. You don’t have to go, and if you go, you are not obliged to forgive, and if you forgive, you are not obliged to forget.
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Silas took a swallow of gin. “Here, I was reading something the other day that’ll interest you. Philosopher fellow, writing on whether animals have souls.”
“You think animals have souls?” David asked incredulously.
“Me? I don’t think people have souls.”15