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“The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up.”
― The Napoleon of Notting Hill
― The Napoleon of Notting Hill
“Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing.”
― The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
― The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
“Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague.”
― Père Goriot
― Père Goriot
“There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we'd lived in different rooms.”
― Wise Children
― Wise Children
“I have a strong propensity in me to begin this chapter very nonsensically, and I will not balk my fancy.--Accordingly I set off thus:”
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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