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“Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“Is that what we come into the world for, to hurry to an office, and work hour after hour till night, then hurry home and dine and go to a theatre? Is that how I must spend my youth? Youth lasts so short a time, Bateman. And when I am old, what have I to look forward to? To hurry from my home in the morning to my office and work hour after hour after hour till night, and then hurry home again, and dine and go to a theatre? That may be worthwhile if you make a fortune; I don’t know, it depends on your nature; but if you don’t, is it worth while then? I want to make more out of my life than that, Bateman.”
― Rain and Other South Sea Stories
― Rain and Other South Sea Stories
“In my time first cousins did not meet like strangers. But we are learning modesty from the Americans, and old English ways are too gross for us.”
― Uncle Silas
― Uncle Silas
“You will do well to take advantage of Madame's short residence to get up your French a little... You will be glad of this, my dear, when you have reached France, where you will find they speak nothing else.”
― Uncle Silas
― Uncle Silas
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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