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Dubliners
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I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.
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― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“The room was in that disorder produced only by those who have always had servants.”
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“Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. If you want people to like you you have only to spend a little money.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“It was like certain dinners I remember from the war. There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening. Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy. It seemed they were all such nice people.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
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