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Leviathan (2009)
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Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech: Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!
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No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.
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Have a little faith in me, Volger." "I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance.
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Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?" "Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness.
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I kissed him once," she whispered. "Well done. What did he do?" "Um..." Deryn sighed. "He woke up.
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And here in America rival newspapermen attack each other on sight?
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Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.
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The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant! Alek tried not to laugh. Then what does the elephant stand on, madam? Don't try to be clever, young man. She narrowed her eyes. It's elephants all the way down!
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As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely. (Spoken by Volger, on Deryn)
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Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a miserable, never-ending struggle.
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You'd best ask the lady boffin, sir, Newkirk said. Midshipmen aren't allowed to have opinions.
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Ah. So he's forgotten the most important rule of warfare. Which is... That nothing ever goes to plan.
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Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.
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Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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May 5, 1963
(age 61)
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