“I’m an apple expert. Apples are the only exam I could ever hope to pass.”
― A Month in the Country
― A Month in the Country
“Oh, Mr Hall, what an ungallant remark. Look at her lovely hair.'
'I like short hair best.'
'Why?'
'Because I can stroke it-' and he began to cry.”
― Maurice
'I like short hair best.'
'Why?'
'Because I can stroke it-' and he began to cry.”
― Maurice
“He longed for smut, but heard little and contributed less, and his chief indecencies were solitary.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“So many scholars have spent so much time trying to establish whether Arthur ever existed at all that they have lost track of the single truth that he exists over and over.”
― The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
― The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
“They had never struggled, and only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
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