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"...people don’t go to concerts unless they want to hear music; whereas the people who buy the ‘best-sellers’ are the people who would prefer to do anything rather than be reduced to reading. I protest that the man who makes these people read on until they see how ‘it all came out’ is a deal more than an artist; he is a sorcerer.”
— Feb 02, 2025 07:41AM
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"You appear," said Peter, drily, "to be unusually well-informed as to what is going on at Selwoode."
"You must remember that there are maids at Selwoode. You must remember that my man Byam, is—and will be until that inevitable day when he will attempt to blackmail me, and I shall kill him in the most lingering fashion I can think of,—that Byam is, I say, something of a diplomatist."
— Jun 09, 2020 02:06PM
"You must remember that there are maids at Selwoode. You must remember that my man Byam, is—and will be until that inevitable day when he will attempt to blackmail me, and I shall kill him in the most lingering fashion I can think of,—that Byam is, I say, something of a diplomatist."
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"H'm!" said Mr. Bulmer, dubiously; "going back to renew associations with your first love? I have tried it, and I generally find her grandchildren terribly in the way."
— Jun 02, 2020 04:56AM
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...because intelligent persons do not attempt to keep abreast with modern fiction. It is probably ascribable to the fact that they enjoy being intelligent, and wish to remain so.
— May 24, 2020 05:27PM
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You will presently find, I think, that living means a daily squandering of interest upon the first half of a number of two-part stories which have not ever any sequel.
— May 21, 2020 01:30PM
