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But, perhaps, to be true philosophers, we mortals should not be conscious of so living or so striving. So
“Sometimes, he thought, one should take a long, hard look at old friends. Like old clothes in a cupboard, there comes the moment to examine for moth. Perhaps throw them out and forget them. Yes.”
― Last Friends
― Last Friends
“The re-dipping of the dishes was a small matter, but the emotional texture of married life is made up of small matters. This one had become invested with a fatal quality.”
― The Tortoise and the Hare
― The Tortoise and the Hare
“But there is something else which I have written and which I want to read to you while I still have time,’ Fritz told Karoline. ‘It will not truly exist until you have heard it.’ ‘Is”
― The Blue Flower: A Novel
― The Blue Flower: A Novel
“had never been capable of adjusting the reality of facts to my advantage, and maybe that’s why I was so exhausted.”
― Trust: A Novel
― Trust: A Novel
“Because you were loved you’ll know how to love. And you will recognise real love for you.”
― Last Friends
― Last Friends
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