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“Yes, a war is inevitable. Firstly, there's you fellows who can't be trusted. And then there's the multitude who mean to have bathrooms and white enamel. Millions of them; all over the world. Not merely here. And there aren't enough bathrooms and white enamel in the world to go round.”
― Parade's End
― Parade's End
“In fact she herself once blamed me
Kyprogeneia
because I prayed
this word:
I want.”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
Kyprogeneia
because I prayed
this word:
I want.”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
“Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“Oh, brother wearers of motley, are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and trembling and the jingling of cap and bells?”
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“Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you really want them to understand.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
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