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“There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.”
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“The lake was a shield of beaten brass flung down in the valley under a full sun.”
― The Stone Carvers
― The Stone Carvers
“And could a man sink to such triviality, such meanness, such nastiness? Could he change so much? And is it true to life? Yes, it is all true to life. All this can happen to a man. The ardent youth of today would start back in horror if you could show him his portrait in old age. As you pass from the soft years of youth into harsh, hardening manhood, be sure you take with you on the way all the humane emotions, do not leave them on the road: you will not pick them up again afterwards!”
― Dead Souls
― Dead Souls
“It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“It has taken stealth and some underhandedness. It has taken clarity of purpose when the moment called for dreamy abandon. He has practised withdrawal.”
― February
― February
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