Laura Polding
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All we have ever known is a life of human design, from our bodies to our work to the buildings we are housed in. We thank you for not keeping us here against our will, and we mean no disrespect to your offer, but it is our wish to leave
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“What matters is life is not whether we receive a round of applause; what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“And as she talked, the Count had to acknowledge once again the virtues of withholding judgment. After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Vyshinsky: And you write poetry?
Rostov: I have been known to fence with a quill.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
Rostov: I have been known to fence with a quill.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“unlike adults, children want to be happy. So they still have the ability to take the greatest pleasure in the simplest things.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Where her mother was prone to express her impatience with the slightest of the world's imperfections, Sofia seemed to presume that if the earth spun awry upon occasion, it was generally a well-intentioned planet.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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