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Jay Amari said:
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I have read all the previous Raymond Chandler novels and am currently completing authoring a book about them. What I see in Chandler’s novels is an interesting maturation of style which I feel has developed in tandem with his own emotional growth and
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“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern...Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”
― 1984
― 1984
“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“The rich. You know why they're so odd? Because they can afford to be.”
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“Hollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix it. That's what I've taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gaps”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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