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“He kept his gaze riveted upon her as a loving man watches the unselfish toil of a delicate woman upon the slender thread of whose existence is hung the whole meaning and joy of the world.”
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“He turned now with a lover's thirst to images of tranquil skies, fresh meadows, cool brooks— an existence of soft and eternal peace.”
― The Red Badge of Courage
― The Red Badge of Courage
“No wonder there are bandits in the Campo when there are none but thieves, swindlers, and sanguinary macaques to rule us...”
― Nostromo
― Nostromo
“A dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters a desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic.”
― Silas Marner
― Silas Marner
“It’s better for us all to die together, proud, than have them discredit us and take us apart and make us look like a bunch of crazy people,” he said. “What do you think everybody committing suicide will look like?” Stephan wanted to know. “Well, at first, maybe they’ll think we’re crazy,” Jones said. “But it’s going to go down in history as a great act.”
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