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“... she had risen and was walking about the room, her fat, worn face sharpening with a sort of animal alertness into power and protection. The claws that hide in every maternal creature slipped out of the fur of good manners ... ”
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“God, middle age is an unending insult.”
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“This sentiment of self-contempt is a frequent one in young people of both sexes. Their valuation of themselves varies as much as the barometer, and is as much affected by outward causes.”
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“Marriage. The beginning and the end are wonderful. But the middle part is hell.”
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“You know, almost everyone is an irritant to me. I think people have forgotten what the word 'public' means. 'Public' means you're going to be irritated. It's a natural consequence of leaving one's home. You go outside, and there are people who are irritating. I'll be standing on the sidewalk, and someone berates me for smoking. I look at the person and think, but what about your shoes? How can you wear shoes like that and have the confidence to accost someone like me?”
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“America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel to other countries. They ask, Why are there so many shootings in America? Why does everyone own a gun?”
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“... she had learned ... the value of silences in an important conversation, and the art of not weakening a statement by a postscript.”
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“... her age was that indeterminate mixture of everlasting youth and anticipated wisdom which is the glory and the curse of genius.”