“Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.”
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“In peacetime it is sons who bury their fathers – but in times of war, it is fathers who bury their sons.”
― The Histories
― The Histories
“Other countries may offer you discoveries in manners or lore or landscape; Greece offers you something harder—the discovery of yourself.”
― Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corfu
― Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corfu
“It certainly was cold, was his thought. That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time! That showed one must not be too sure of things. There was no mistake about it, it was cold.”
― To Build a Fire and Other Stories
― To Build a Fire and Other Stories
“There were two types of strong men: those like Uncle Monty and Abe Steinheim, remorseless about their making money, and those like my father, ruthlessly obedient to their idea of fair play.”
― The Plot Against America
― The Plot Against America
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