“what goes on in the sea is of no interest to the rock”
― Miss Lonelyhearts
― Miss Lonelyhearts
“Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use.”
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“Be a damn fire eater now. He'd seen it in the war work the same way. More of a change than any loss of virginity. Fear gone like an operation. Something else grew in its place. Main thing a man had. Made him into a man. Women knew it too. No bloody fear.”
― The Short Stories
― The Short Stories
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