“If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.”
― The Painted Veil
― The Painted Veil
“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”
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“Never miss a party...good for the nerves--like celery.”
― Gatsby Girls
― Gatsby Girls
“I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
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