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John Galsworthy's massive work of three novels (The Man of Property, In Chancery, To Let) and two interludes (Indian Summer of a Forsyte, Awakening) had a certain magnetism on me. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain how it was possible to follow th
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“The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he wants or can from it and thus changes it to his measure. Some pick out parts and reject the rest, some strain the story through their mesh of prejudice, some paint it with their own delight. A story must have some points of contact with the reader to make him feel at home in it. Only then can he accept wonders.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“You can't consume much if you sit still and read books.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
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