“It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.”
― Fathers and Sons
― Fathers and Sons
“Why is it, I wondered, that old people are always so self-centered and excitable? But I just smiled benignly and stood back, comforted by the thought that soon they would be dead.”
― The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
― The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
“That's what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.”
― Diary of a Superfluous Man
― Diary of a Superfluous Man
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