“...for in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“Those who are determined to be ‘offended’ will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt.”
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“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”
― The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
― The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
“Where can we hide in fair weather, we orphans of the storm?”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
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