Beaten Quote by Marisha Pessl

“His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.” quote by Marisha Pessl — Download Open image

“His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.”

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“It was the cause of many of Dad's outrages too, when people elected themselves his personal oracle of Delphi... They'd made the mistake of abridging Dad, putting Dad in a nutshell, telling Dad How It Was (and getting it all wrong). ... "The act of being personally misconstrued," Dad said, "informed to one's face one is no more complex than…

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Always live your life with your biography in mind.

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