The sky over London was glorious, ochre and madder, as though a dozen tropic suns were simultaneously setting … - Evelyn Waugh

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Ps. I am pretty certain Beyonce doesn't need you fighting any battles on her account. Seems like she's got everything covered perfectly well on her own.

Evelyn Waugh

The sky over London was glorious, ochre and madder, as though a dozen tropic suns were simultaneously setting round the horizon. . . Everywhere the shells sparkled like Christmas baubles.

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The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G. K. Chesterton has compared this to the fisherman's line, which allows the fish the illusion of free play in the water and yet has him by the hook; in his own time the fisherman by a 'twitch upon the thread' draws the fish to land.

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