The Lemon Table (Vintage International)
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He did not want to ask her questions in case that made her tell him lies. Or in case that made her tell him the truth. He feared them equally.
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A teacher had once told his class that sarcasm was a moral weakness.
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Were you as young as you felt, or as old as you looked?
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To third parties my father used to refer to his wife as “the Government” or “higher authority.”
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Wagner contended that if we enjoyed life fully we would have no need of art.
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how can a fully lived life fail to include one of its noblest pleasures, which is the appreciation of art?