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“Papa is just a kid who's playing the dead serious grown-up.”
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“What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“... they have never seen you ... I would recognize you anywhere. ”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“There was only one thing I wanted: to be left alone, without too many demand upon my person, so that for a few moments each day I might be allowed to assuage my hunger.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people - people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent. Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behavior, just as money frees people from work.”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
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