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“The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“He felt at times that he was a kind of vegetable, and he longed for something—even pain—to pierce him, to bring him alive.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“I do not think I responded immediately, for it took me a moment or two to fully digest these words of Miss Kenton. Moreover, as you might appreciate, their implications were such as to provoke a certain degree of sorrow within me. Indeed- why should I not admit it? - at that moment, my heart was breaking.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
“It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“They wear their professionalism as a decent gentleman will wear his suit: he will not let ruffians or circumstance tear it off him in the public gaze; he will discard it when, and only when, he wills to do so, and this will invariably be when he is entirely alone. It is, as I say, a matter of 'dignity'.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
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