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“... we in middle age require adventure.”
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“There's a rule, I think. You get what you want in life, but not your second choice too.”
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“... I was sailing from tedium to apathy with a side trip to torpor.”
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“Formal education in British India was remarkable for its lack of connection with its Indian environment. Like the African persuaded to cover his nakedness with a Mother Hubbard, we wore mental Mother Hubbards, and they were often a sad fit. Our textbooks had been compiled by Englishmen for English children, of whom there were none in my school and few in any school in India.”
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“The child who is permitted to torment, or destroy, the minutest object in creation, who will wantonly tread upon a worm, or unhumanly pass a pin through the body of a fly, will in all probabiilty, as he increases in years, feel no more compunction at tormenting a fellow-creature, than he did in witnessing the wreathing agonies of a fly.”
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“Love is going to replace life and from then on it's all smooth sailing. Love will replace life.”
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“A detailed account of your trip will be a joy forever after you get home, but it will be an everlasting nuisance along the way.”
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“Men ruin cars. That's one of the things every woman knows.”