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But Isherwood hadn’t Gabriel’s skills or his courage. He was no hero. In fact, he was quite the other thing.
“I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another’s company and aid in consultation. A doctor who cannot take out your appendix properly will recommend to you a doctor who will be unable to remove your tonsils with success. These were three such doctors.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“You’re pretty wonderful.” “No I’m not. But life isn’t hard to manage when you’ve nothing to lose.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“The war seemed as far away as the football games of some one else’s college.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“You have a splendid rank. I don’t want you to have any more rank. It might go to your head. Oh, darling, I’m awfully glad you’re not conceited. I’d have married you even if you were conceited but it’s very restful to have a husband who’s not conceited.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“I would have to tell them not to put ice in the whiskey. Let them bring the ice separately. That way you could tell how much whiskey there was and it would not suddenly be too thin from the soda. I would get a bottle of whiskey and have them bring ice and soda. That was the sensible way. Good whiskey was very pleasant. It was one of the pleasant parts of life.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
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