The compliment was part of a mentality found in people who believed in praise only when it didn’t imply elevation.
“Life is only worth living because we hope it will get better and we’ll all get home safely.”
― Swimming Home
― Swimming Home
“A grain of knowledge with the dawning of the day is a breakfast of the mind.”
― At Swim-Two-Birds
― At Swim-Two-Birds
“no film could show more than those sights that a man's eyes rested on when he had given up the effort to observe.”
― The Plains
― The Plains
“In the immemorial style of young men under pressure, they decided to lie down for a while and waste time.”
― The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
― The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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