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In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person ...more
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Tennessee Williams
“BLANCHE: You see I still have that awful vanity about my looks even now that my looks are slipping!”
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

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“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to know another.”
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“A man may rot like an egg: His shell does not show it, but all that is within him has gone foul.”
Josiah Bancroft, The Hod King

Tennessee Williams
“Whoever you are – I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

“There are two types of coaches. There’s coaches like me who weigh up the opposition and ask the team to adjust. Fergie was similar. José [Mourinho] is similar. Then there’s Arsène, who won’t adjust. There’s Brendan [Rodgers], who looks like he won’t adjust. There’s Manuel Pellegrini, who looks like he won’t adjust … their philosophy is different to ours. Ours is more about who are we playing against. Their philosophy is more, “We always play this way,” and they won’t change, they carry on doing the same thing. That’s why you can beat them.”
Michael Cox, The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines

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