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Minnie had insisted the idea of a “one true love” was a falsehood created by smutty writers trying to sell books and men scheming to keep women vacuuming quietly instead of changing the world.
“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”
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“I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. The best idea in that apple, though, is making jazz.”
― Timequake
― Timequake
“It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
― The Wide Window
― The Wide Window
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