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Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining on friendly terms, are contemptuous of each other to such a degree that they cannot even treat each other seriously and cannot even insult each one another.
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― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
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Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?
”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces