Life Quote by Winston Graham

“Because what is civilized life but an imposition of unreal standards upon flawed and defective human beings by other human beings no less flawed and defective?” quote by Winston Graham — Download Open image

““Because what is civilized life but an imposition of unreal standards upon flawed and defective human beings by other human beings no less flawed and defective?””

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Give me the comma of imperfect striving, thus to find zest in the immediate living. Ever the reaching but never the gaining, ever the…

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“Tedn’t right. Tedn’t tidy. Tedn’t fair. Tedn’t clean. Tedn’t good enough.”

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“Perhaps,” said Demelza, trembling all over. “Perhaps I’d ought to have asked for an introduction seeing it’s so long since we met.” “I don’t…

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“Give me some surety if you want to continue. It is not late yet.” Ross offered his gold watch, which had belonged to his…

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“Not for the first time he was conscious of emotional lights and shades in his wife that could not be categorized, could not be…

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“Sir Hugh squeezed her arm so often that Demelza began to wonder if the show was all a pretext for being with her in…

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“All the conflicting feeling inside her suddenly found an outlet. The mixed motives for asking him in—the liking, the affection, the feminine curiosity, the…

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“It’s gone!” he shouted. “The brandy!” said Prudie, lurching to her feet. “’Ere, who’s stolen it? ’Twas there an hour gone—” “Not all three…

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