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“То, чего не можешь заполучить, всегда кажется лучше того, что имеешь. В этом и состоит романтика и идиотизм человеческой жизни.”
― The Black Obelisk
― The Black Obelisk
“you can't beat me and my prayers!”
― Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, & Other Writings
― Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, & Other Writings
“Ever since Napoleon's fall, provincial manners rigidly suppress anything that smacked of gallantry. People are afraid of being dismissed from office.”
― The Red and the Black by Stendhal
― The Red and the Black by Stendhal
“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― The Three Witches and the Master
― The Three Witches and the Master
“I have no words for that feeling, nor had I ever had it before, which comes from the knowledge that one is far away from all humanity, alone in a thousand square miles. We rode in silence, for speech would have been absurd. It seemed the very summit of the world.”
― On the Move: A Life
― On the Move: A Life
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