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Cats Aren't Really Friendly, They're Just Cozying Up To The Dominant Life-form As A Hedge Against Extinction.

There Is A Certain Degree Of Steampunkishness That Creeps Into My Books.

Governments And Fashions Come And Go But Jane Eyre Is For All Time.

Death, I Had Discovered Long Ago, Was Available In Varying Flavors, And None Of Them Particularly Palatable.

Don't Ever Call Me Mad, Mycroft. I'm Not Mad. I'm Just ... Well, Differently Moraled, That's All.