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The past was his hunting ground; from it came his pleasure and a good deal of everything else. Yet he was not proof against the moment he lived in. The present could snarl at him; could drown his memories so completely that when they surfaced again they were like the burnt tips of matches floating on a puddle, finished and done with.
(from 'The General's Day')
— Aug 31, 2026 08:52AM
(from 'The General's Day')
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Anticipation was not in Mr Mileson’s life. Remembering, looking back, considering, events and emotions that had been at the time mundane perhaps – this kind of thing was more to his liking. For by hindsight there was pleasure in the stream of time.
(From 'A Meeting in Middle Age', 1964)
— Aug 24, 2026 07:49AM
(From 'A Meeting in Middle Age', 1964)