The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

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The kingdoms of fantasy and mirth are longlasting and not of this world.

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Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.

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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.

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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.

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In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.

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There is nothing like a coup de foudre and absorption in family responsibility for maturing the male and pulling his scattered wits together.

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All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on the floor of memory.

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