Kat!e Larson
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undoubtedly this was the moment at which Kirk should have said: "My dearest, the time has come for me to state plainly that my soul is my own. I decline to give in to this absurd suggestion. Marriage is an affair of give and take, not a
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“To persons of spirit like ourselves the only happy marriage is that which is based on a firm foundation of almost incessant quarrelling.”
― The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
― The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
“INTERVIEWER
Have you ever been envious of another writer?
WODEHOUSE
No, never. I’m really such a voracious reader that I’m only too grateful to get some stuff I can read.”
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Have you ever been envious of another writer?
WODEHOUSE
No, never. I’m really such a voracious reader that I’m only too grateful to get some stuff I can read.”
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“I have a scholar's love of silence and solitude. To sit and pass hour after hour in idle chatter with a roomful of strangers is to me the worst sort of torment.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory. However, there you are. I've given you the main idea of the thing; and a German doctor says that early rising causes insanity.”
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“There are situations in life which are beyond one. The sensible man realizes this, and slides out of such situations, admitting himself beaten. Others try to grapple with them, but it never does any good. When affairs get in a real tangle, it is best to sit still and let them straighten themselves out. Or, if one does not do that, simply to think no more about them. This is Philosophy. The true philosopher is the man who says "All right," and goes to sleep in his arm-chair. One's attitude towards Life's Little Difficulties should be that of the gentleman in the fable, who sat down on an acorn one day and happened to doze. The warmth of his body caused the acorn to germinate, and it grew so rapidly that, when he awoke, he found himself sitting in the fork of an oak sixty feet from the ground. He thought he would go home, but, finding this impossible, he altered his plans. "Well, well," he said, "if I cannot compel circumstances to my will, I can at least adapt my will to circumstances. I decide to remain here." Which he did, and had a not unpleasant time. The oak lacked some of the comforts of home, but the air was splendid and the view excellent.
Today's Great Thought for Young Readers. Imitate this man.”
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Today's Great Thought for Young Readers. Imitate this man.”
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