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“What is it, Colonel Combs?” she says to the man in the chair, and I can tell from her tone that Colonel Combs won’t be getting raisins in his hot cereal for some time to come.
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
― The Wind in the Willows
― The Wind in the Willows
“Hell is—other people!”
― No Exit
― No Exit
“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”
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“I get to go to overseas places, like Canada.”
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