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“Do you know anything about Arromanches? A very quiet little spot on the Normandy coast. You get to it by an hour's coach from Bayeux. Not infested by English.”
― George Gissing, The Odd Women

“The art of living is the art of compromise.”
― George Gissing, New Grub Street

“Only English folk know what is meant by gravy; consequently, the English alone are competent to speak on the question of sauce.”
― George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

“But we have no money. Suffer as we may, there's no help for it—because we have no money. Lives may be wasted—worse, far worse than wasted—just because there is no money. At this moment a whole world of men and women is in pain and sorrow—because they have no money. How often have we said that? The world is made so; everything has to be bought with money.”
― George Gissing, The Nether World