“Mr Saramago, would you like to know my humble opinion of your novel?'
He replied immediately, 'No, no, no. Not at all. Don't bother yourself. I absolutely don't want to know your opinion.”
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He replied immediately, 'No, no, no. Not at all. Don't bother yourself. I absolutely don't want to know your opinion.”
―
“Friendship, as far as I'm concerned, is a delicate and rare thing that's built up over time and is predicated on mutual trust, mutual respect, reciprocal interests and share commitments. It's a relation that ultimately is lived out, at least as if it were chosen not taken for granted or assumed in advance. It's something that has to be renegotiated at every step, not demanded unconditionally.”
― I Love Dick
― I Love Dick
“I never tell them about our lives. You know why? It is not because I am ashamed. It is because some things are just good, too good to be judged.”
― Laurinda
― Laurinda
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