Sean Russell - Tristam Quotes

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It is terrible bad luck. Owls are often augurs of death, Mr. Flattery. There is no surer sign.
Not even the cessation of breathing? the viscount asked, but neither Tristam nor Beacham laughed.

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Tristam, the old man said softly. If I may be completely candid, you are the poorest liar. Lack of experience, no doubt—which is to your credit.

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I do not want to end up like Stern, Tristam thought: the dutiful servant, silently chewing his resentment, hoping, pitifully, that his sacrifice would one day be rewarded.

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Ironically, or so it seemed to Tristam, the day was perfect and the green countryside rolled past in ordered tranquillity, the death of a single man having shockingly little impact on the larger world.

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There was no question in Tristam's mind now that if one stared into the semidarkness long enough one would find whatever one sought. What the eye could not locate the mind would manufacture.

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The carriage, Tristam realized, was becoming the metaphor for this period of his life: he neither owned, drove, nor directed one in any way but was simply carried along.

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Tristam stood and raised his glass. May life be kind, and friends loyal. Ventures profitable, children plentiful, and age like a slow turning of the leaves in autumn; grand, beautiful and tranquil.

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