“And the more I thought about it, the more I dug out my memory things I had overlooked or forgotten. I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored. In a way, it was an advantage.” Stranger
'Tis as human a little story as paper could well carry. Finnegan's Wake
The role of the disappointed lover of a maiden or of any single woman might be ridiculous; but the role of a man who was pursuing a married woman, and who made it the purpose of his life at all cost to draw her into adultery, was one which had in it something beautiful and dignified and could never be ridiculous. Anna Karenina
Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots. Guns, Germs And Steel
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