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but rain and religion had left the people a twinned philosophy of offering it up and getting on with it.
“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
― The Camel Club
― The Camel Club
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“On the opposite wall was a Damien Hirst spot painting, bought by Arabella after a decent bonus season. Roger's considered view of the painting, looking at it from aesthetic, art-historical, interior-design, and psychological points of view, was that it had cost forty-seven thousand pounds, plus VAT.”
― Capital
― Capital
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