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“Children must help shell peas. In a world of things too big, getting peas from pods is a chance for pea-sized people to exercise authority.”
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“I was just as anxious to prevent injustice as to cause justice.”
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“Cecilia's lunch party, having heard through the open door the first phrase of the interlude, had exchanged less than a glance and, all raising their voices, maintained a strenuous conversation till she came back. They were not English for nothing.”
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“It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately concern us.”
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“To speak broadly, the troubles of life as we find them are mainly traceable to the heart or the purse.”
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“... I think diseases have no eyes. They pick with a dizzy finger anyone, just anyone.”
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“The pimp who peddles good clean stuff is nevertheless engaged in prostitution.”
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“Jealousy is not born of love! It is a child of selfishness and distrust ...”