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“How awful!” said Bill. “Why do you do it?” “Oh, because it gives one such a noble feeling to suffer for one’s silhouette.
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― Among Others
“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
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― Among Others
“Don't you sometimes wish that you had been born into the Age of Reason, instead of into the Age of the Ostensible Reason?”
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― The Kraken Wakes
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― The History of Mr. Polly
― The History of Mr. Polly
“the whole purpose of civilization is to take the surprises out of life, so one can be bored to death”
― The Pirates of Ersatz
― The Pirates of Ersatz
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