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“The fashion industry is no more able to preserve a style that men and women have decided to abandon than to introduce one they do not choose to accept.”
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“The days are too short, even for love; how can there ever be time for quarrelling?”
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“... Emily heard a great deal of conversation, of which conceit was the canvas, while flattery laid on the colors.”
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“It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.”
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“Mine! There isn't any such thing as mine. The world slips slithering through my fingers.”
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“Children, like animals, use all their senses to discover the world. Then artists come along and discover it the same way ... Or now and then we'll hear from an artist who's never lost it.”
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“The fact is, people who don't have any misfortunes are very irritating to their neighbours. No opportunities for popping in with condolences and new-laid eggs. No visits to the afflicted. No opportunities for the milk of human kindness to flow. Naturally it doesn't.”
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“Being a dancer meant you nearly always thought about food.”