Agreeable Quote by Anthony Powell

“For my own part, I always enjoy hearing the details of other people’s lives, whether imaginary or not, so that I found this side of Lovell agreeable.” quote by Anthony Powell — Download Open image

““For my own part, I always enjoy hearing the details of other people’s lives, whether imaginary or not, so that I found this side of Lovell agreeable.””

Anthony Powell

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“I hate anything superficial. But I will take the book and look at it, and tell you what I think of the writing.”

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