It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.
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At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
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It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.
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You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting.
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He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful.
Rose Macaulay in Crewe Train (1926)
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He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful.
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Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years.
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