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“Here, indeed, was a formidable sentence--one that was on intimate terms with a comma, and that held the period in healthy disregard.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“we shall investigate all the whys and wherefores of my father’s clock. For there is nothing more essential to the enjoyment of a civilized lunch than to have a lively topic of conversation.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are,” the philosopher Alain de Botton has written, “the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.”
― Melissa Dahl, Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness

“At least a five-minute warning. Give them that, Mr.”
― Bill Clinton, The President's Daughter