“It was worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”
― Works of Alexandre Dumas
― Works of Alexandre Dumas
“Well, you got me there, I could have said. You’re right, I broke the rules, I didn’t play fair. And you know what? Fuck you.”
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
“That’s not fair! That’s a cry that rings out over the years on every school playground, because if there’s one thing every child seems to be born knowing, it’s that life is supposed to be fair. And, if there’s one lesson he learns sooner or later, it’s that it’s not.”
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
“The world’s a bastard. Life just happens to people.”
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
“myself was increasingly early to bed and early to rise, though I can’t say the effects were as the adage promised.”
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
― The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
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