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“Nothing more strongly marks the insufficiency of luxuries than the ease with which people grow accustomed to them; they are rather known by their want than by their presence. The word 'blasé' has been coined expressly for the use of the upper classes.”
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“The soul awakes ... between two dim eternities — the eternal past, the eternal future.”
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“What Americans call cross-ventilation, the English call draughts.”
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“Grandpa did everything at his own pace, a speed that my sister and I referred to as 'when snails attack.' ... My grandparents' house was only about ten miles from ours, but the ride there would necessitate sandwiches packed for the trip, and several books to keep us occupied.”
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“Well! evil to some is always good to others.”
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“Happiness ... is shucking off the body. I have known it. I've been outside mine. My freed soul looked down at this body which is blood-nourished like a tick in a dog's ear. There was nothing it wanted less than to return to it. That is why it did.”
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“Physical beauty is like athletic skill: it peaks young.”
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“The mind, the tongue, soon learn to dissemble, to guard a secret well, but the human face is a window.”