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  1. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    concept among apicultural cognoscenti;
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  2. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    All you need do is nod. I already know nine parts in ten of what he will say, but it is like fishing. Be patient, and you will get what you came for.
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  3. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    Since I believe that I have been a devil for many centuries and have risen in rank and been demoted, it could be asked why, with such a history, I still learned a good deal while in Russia. It is because a newly gained sophistication fades once a venture comes to an end. So we develop many new qualities of mind, but soon lose them.
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  4. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    And with it all, he was proud of himself. He had brought his mother to tears. "Let her cry for once. Not me. It is time for her to learn.
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  5. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    The mark of a truly stupid man," he announced to Klara, "is that he takes his own occupation so seriously that he comes to believe it is superior to others.
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  6. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    Nothing could be better than the moment when a woman opened her legs for you. That first time! If you had an eye for the little differences, you knew twice as much about her as you could learn from her face. Alois Senior would attest to that. The female organ! Whoever designed this form had certainly been sly about the job. {This was about as close as Alois ever came to admiring the Creator.}
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  7. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    Think of how hot a fire must be to call out the will of iron that is in the ore. Iron is strong against every force except the one that made it into iron.
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  8. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    He had been certain that religion was there for a very good practical reason. It couldn't be simpler-you had to keep the weak and unruly in order. But a man of pride {such as himself} could do as he chose.
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  9. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    Freaks can be a fount of information.
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  10. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    Since the sum of her experience had told her that the majority of one's prayers to God were not answered, she prayed now directly to us, she called upon the Devil, she implored him.
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  11. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    Angels often flee from people who scream too loudly-they know at such moments how close the man or woman is to us, and they feel outnumbered. For devils rush in to attend such outcries.
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  12. Norman Mailer _ The Castle in the Forest

    When an officer of the law detects a vice in himself, he knows enough to start looking for its presence in others.
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