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It was a gambler's action, but his whole life had probably been made up of gambles; it could hardly ...

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People who spent the war in prison camps have written a lot of books about what a bad time they had,...

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Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this.

On the Beach

it was so beautiful', he said. 'the Three Pagodas Pass must be one of the loveliest places in the wo...

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There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things dep...

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Ruined City

You did not die when you were drawing public assistance money, but you certainly did not remain aliv...

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Ruined City

If what they say is right we're none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But w...

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On the Beach

I didn't wait to see her ship go off, because partings are stupid things and best got over quickly

You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.

Round the Bend

You could have done something with newspapers. We didn't do it. No nation did, because we were all t...

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Nevil Shute

Novelist

Born: 1899-01-17

Died: 1960-01-12

Nevil Shute Norway (January 17, 1899 – January 12, 1960) was, as Nevil Shute, one of the most popular novelists of the mid-20th century, as well as a successful aeronautical engineer.More