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That evening marked the start of Captain J. van Toch’s eccentricity.
“If she couldn't love her fourteen-year-old schoolboy, she could at least love cubism. p. 91”
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“There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless.”
― Ficciones
― Ficciones
“What is a sensitive person?” said the Cracker to the Roman Candle. “A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people’s toes,” answered the Roman Candle in a low whisper; and the Cracker nearly exploded with laughter.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Tales
― The Happy Prince and Other Tales
“Colour is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“People always seem to band together in accordance to a principle that has nothing to do with love, a principle that releases them from personal responsibility”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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