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“ennui—that dreaded mire of the human emotions.”

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“end of a page. “Surely, by now,”

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“the wise man celebrates what he can.”

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“book at hand, which happened to be Monsieur”

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“Of course we did,” said the Count.”

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“This is what I’ve been waiting for?”

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“Slurring is the cursive of speech...”

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“FRONTA NULLA FIDES. Place no trust in appearances.”

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For better or worse, there are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.

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All the historical elements should feel organic to the story but not hammered down to serve a purpose.

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“Ah, yes. Well. Life has been generous to me in its variety.”

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“I suppose a room is the summation of all that has happened inside it.”

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“From bells to cannons and back again, from now until the end of time. Such is the fate of iron ore.”

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“The only difference between everybody and nobody is all the shoes”

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“for what sort of freedom is it, you reasoned, if obedience is bought with loaves of BREAD?”

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“at any given moment, we’re all seeking someone’s forgiveness.”

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“How many times had he watched as a young beauty turned thirty degrees before her mirror to ensure that she saw herself…

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“his circumstances or otherwise be mastered by them, the Count thought it worth considering how one was most likely to achieve this…

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“The Chief Administrator considered this question for a moment and then, leaning back in his chair with the barest hint of a…

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I had a 20-year career. I have two children. The advantage of writing later in my life is that I already had…

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“But, of course, a thing is just a thing. And so, slipping his sister’s scissors into his pocket, the Count looked once…

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You can build a place that is beautiful, but nobody feels comfortable sitting in it, and the kids aren't allowed to go…

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“Before one travels abroad, it is best to have a simple, heartwarming soup from home, so that one can recall it fondly…

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I have the foundation to write, and then I go back and do research, and some of that might influence the recrafting…

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“Suddenly, we had our own Joads--ill clothed and beleaguered, trudging along the alleyways past the oil drum fires, past the shanties and…

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“Each city has its own romantic season. Once a year, a city's architectural, cultural and horticultural variables come into alignment with the…

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“But as the Count advanced through Essays Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen, his goal seemed to recede into the distance. It was suddenly…

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“Since the beginning of time men in pursuit of wisdom had routinely retreated to mountaintops, caves, and cabins in the woods. So,…

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“The stamps on the envelope were English. One was the head of a statesman engraved in purple and the others were motorcars…

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In the contemporary world, we think of politeness as surface behavior, like frosting - it's sweet and attractive and finishes off the…

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“Uncompromising purpose and the search for eternal truth have an unquestionable sex appeal for the young and high-minded; but when a person…

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“Having acknowledged that a man must master his circumstances or otherwise be mastered by them, the Count thought it worth considering how…

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“You see that thirty-year-old blonde next to Jake? That’s his fiancée, Carrie Clapboard. Carrie moved all manner of heaven and earth to…

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“But the Count hadn’t the temperament for revenge; he hadn’t the imagination for epics; and he certainly hadn’t the fanciful ego to…

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“On the morning of Friday, July first, I had a low-paying job at a waning publisher and a dwindling circle of semi-acquaintances.…

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“For the most part, in the course of our daily lives we abide the abundant evidence that no such universal justice exists.…

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“For it is a fact that a man can be profoundly out of step with his times. A man may have been…

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“When one experiences a profound setback in the course of an enviable life, one has a variety of options. Spurred by shame,…

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“What is your favorite day of the year? The summer solstice. June twenty-first. The longest day of the year. It was a…

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“Since the beginning of storytelling, he explained, Death has called on the unwitting. In one tale or another, it arrives quietly in…

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