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“He felt as if he had been shipwrecked on the Titanic, but in the nick of time had been rescued. By the Lusitania.”
― Mort
― Mort
“So you haven't understood yet?" Rambert shrugged his shoulders almost
scornfully.
"Understood what?"
"The plague."
"Ah!" Rieux exclaimed.
"No, you haven't understood that it means exactly that, the same thing over and
over and over again.”
―
scornfully.
"Understood what?"
"The plague."
"Ah!" Rieux exclaimed.
"No, you haven't understood that it means exactly that, the same thing over and
over and over again.”
―
“There might be a better land where bicycle saddles are made out of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard.”
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“Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.”
― The Misanthrope
― The Misanthrope
“[Professional critics] act as if Flaubert, or Milton, or Wordsworth were some tedious old aunt in a rocking chair, who smelt of stale powder, was only interested in the past, and hadn’t said anything new for years. Of course, it’s her house, and everybody is living in it rent free, but even so, surely it is, well, you know… time?”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
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