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“And yet sometimes I wonder if the wittiest, most resonant irony isn't just a well-brushed, well-educated coincidence”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
“Deep within me there is a radical, intimate, bitter and incessant boredom which prevents me from enjoying anything and which smothers my soul. It reappears at any excuse, just as the swollen corpses of drowned dogs pop to the surface despite the stones that have been tied round their necks”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
“I will never go beyond the love I have for you”
― The Irish Princess
― The Irish Princess
“Reality, for orphans, is so often outdistanced by their ideals”
― The Cider House Rules
― The Cider House Rules
“You can have your cake and eat it; the only trouble is, you get fat”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
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