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Originally Posted by covingtoncat73
"One of the first symptoms of time-lag is a tendency to maudlin sentimentality, like an Irishman in his cups or a Victorian poet cold-sober." ~Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog
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“She would roll up her sleeves and dispense with sentimentality, and do whatever blood-soaked, bad-smelling thing had to be done. She would become adept with axes.” Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder And Other Stories