From the Horse’s Mouth Quotes

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Secrets are dangerous.” Gottfried Baumauer.

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Every time I so much as blink you get an erection.

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His manhood sways briefly, then comes to a standstill.

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Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs.

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Maxwell D. Kalist is a receiving teller at a city bank, Orwell and Finch, where he runs an efficient department of twenty two clerks and twelve junior clerks. He carries a leather-bound vade mecum everywhere with him – a handbook of the most widely...

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Each day of the week, Kalist indulges himself in a different, secret ritual. On Mondays, he wears cologne. On Tuesdays, he eats meat for lunch. On Wednesdays, he places a bet after work. On Thursdays, he smokes one cigarette (but claims he’s not a ...

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Kalist is in his office with the door shut, secretly adding the final touches to his new Brichacek doll; she’s got rosy, plaster cheeks and his nose hairs for pubes, although he thinks he might die them blond to go with her hair.

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Kalist likes to listen to the collective voices swell as more individuals in his colony arrive.

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Obelmäker. Ridley Obelmäker, to be precise. Fearful. Subservient. Bald. A loner (although married) with addictions to television (mainly imported, uber-English costume dramas), online pornography (his most depressing foray into sexual cyberspace in...

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Obelmäker is a deeply fearful person and terribly indecisive. Even when he makes a choice, it’s usually bad.

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Without pride, man becomes a parasite – and there are already too many parasites.

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Shame comes in different doses.

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It’s late and most of the clerks are at home in their beds, dreaming of swimming in pools filled with real money.

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Kalist brings out his best for the clincher. “You’ve never really loved your wife, have you, Ridley?

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You need a father figure in your life.

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To Kalist, Baumauer’s just a timber bridge in need of a good hot fire.

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Rare contact creates a stir. Gossip spreads. Tensions build. Denying Pissec, miserable Obelmäker and repressed Baumauer are all seething-jealous – openly or reservedly – within the hour. The pay rise promise is working a treat. Brichacek’s lic...

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Don’t mock my suggestions, Ridley – one day in the near future, they might just save your life.” Maxwell D. Kalist.

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