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“You'll be happy if you'll remember that men don't change much. Women do. Women adapt themselves, and if you think that means they lose their individuality, you're wrong. Show me a happy marriage and I'll show you a clever woman.”
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“No. I want to get out—outside. Out of this flat.” “There’s a full moon. Have you ever walked beside the Seine in the moonlight?” “No. Have you?” “Not with you. Let’s go.”
― The Corner Shop
― The Corner Shop
“It was terrible if you looked at things the way they could have been, but if you concentrated on what there was, it didn't look too bad.”
― The Fledgling
― The Fledgling
“She agreed with everything that was planned for her, and made her own arrangements later, for she had discovered that the easiest way through life was to set out obediently upon the appointed path and then slip away down a side turning.”
― The Fledgling
― The Fledgling
“I can't help feeling that people ask too much [of life]. They don't keep up with the Joneses any more--they outstrip them. What people call happiness, today, isn't happiness. It's enjoyment. It's pleasure. And between happiness and pleasure there's a very large gap.”
― Out of the Rain
― Out of the Rain
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