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“They laughed the innocent laughter of two snobs taking a holiday from that need to appear tolerant and open-minded which marred what Nicholas still called 'modern life,' although he had never known any other kind.”
― Edward St. Aubyn

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“I have been too fond of stories.”
― Leah Hager Cohen, No Book but the World

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“Nina said, “Have regular facial expressions.” That was a command from their inventory of facetious devices they used to josh one another out of bad moods.”
― Norman Rush, Subtle Bodies

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“Literature is humanity talking to itself.”
― Norman Rush

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“This might be good, I thought as I studied the crowd. There were several definitely intelligent guys present, not strobe-light intellects but people who could make you uncomfortable in a debate if you got too much beyond what you absolutely had the facts on.”
― Norman Rush, Mating

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