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“Normally he was fond of most things. He was a good-natured and cheerful young man, who liked life and the great majority of those who lived it contemporaneously with himself. He had no enemies and many friends.
But today he had noticed from the moment he had got out of bed that something was amiss with the world. Either he was in the grip of some divine discontent due to the highly developed condition of his soul, or else he had a grouch. One of the two.”
― A Damsel in Distress
But today he had noticed from the moment he had got out of bed that something was amiss with the world. Either he was in the grip of some divine discontent due to the highly developed condition of his soul, or else he had a grouch. One of the two.”
― A Damsel in Distress
“If there is one thing I dislike, it is the man who tries to air his grievances when I wish to air mine.”
― Love Among the Chickens
― Love Among the Chickens
“Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.”
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“To persons of spirit like ourselves the only happy marriage is that which is based on a firm foundation of almost incessant quarrelling.”
― The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
― The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
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