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“You're a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in this world, your imagination.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went.”
― The Complete Saki
― The Complete Saki
“There is a moment—Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word—something that makes it worth while.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“Romance at short notice was her specialty.”
― The Open Window and Other Short Stories
― The Open Window and Other Short Stories
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