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“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
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“It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?”
― The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
― The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
“I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).”
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“There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.”
― Crocodile on the Sandbank
― Crocodile on the Sandbank
“Forgive, I hope you won't be upset, but when I was a boy I used to look up and see you behind your desk, so near but far away, and, how can I say this, I used to think that you were Mrs. God, and that the library was a whole world, and that no matter what part of the world or what people or thing I wanted to see and read, you'd find and give it to me.”
― Quicker Than the Eye
― Quicker Than the Eye
Around the World in 80 Books
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