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Mother Night
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He once saved his own life in the Second World War by playing so dead that a German soldier pulled out three of his teeth without suspecting that Mengel was not a corpse.
“You can forget Proust and those stupid cakes. Beatles’ songs are more potent.”
― Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams
― Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams
“When it’s fall in New York, the air smells as if someone’s been frying goats in it, and if you are keen to breathe, the best plan is to open a window and stick your head in a building.”
― Mostly Harmless
― Mostly Harmless
“Anyone who can go through Hyde Park on a summer’s evening and not feel moved by it is probably going through in an ambulance with the sheet pulled over their face.”
― So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
― So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
“von Kwarl had made up his mind to accept the world as it was, and to that philosophical resolution, steadfastly adhered to, he attributed his excellent digestion and his unruffled happiness. ”
― The Complete Saki: 144 Collected Novels and Short Stories
― The Complete Saki: 144 Collected Novels and Short Stories
“Everybody has their moment of great opportunity in life. If you happen to miss the one you care about, then everything else in life becomes eerily easy.”
― Mostly Harmless
― Mostly Harmless
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