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But I was shocked for a different reason. The question on my mind was the same—how could this have happened?—but in my case it wasn’t just rhetorical. I really wanted to know how.
“I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself.”
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“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
― The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process
― The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process
“It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”
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“Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.”
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“...I think we are well-advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were.”
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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