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"What happiness it is to listen to rain at night; joyful relief, ease; a lapping-round and hushing and brooding tenderness, all are mingled together in the sound of the fast-falling rain."

"I bought a book by Henry James yesterday and read it, as they say, 'until far into the night.' It was not very interesting or very good, but I can wade through pages and pages of dull, turgid James, for the sake of that sudden sweet shock, that violent throb of delight that he gives me at times. I don't doubt this is genius: only there is an extraordinary amount of pan and an amazingly raffiné flash."

"Life is a hateful business, there's no denying it."