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But it isn’t only the terror everywhere, and the fear of being conscious of it, that freezes people. It’s more than that. People know they are in a so...more

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It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.

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We stood, separated by space, certainly, in identical conditions of pleasant uncertainty and anticipation, and we both held our heart in our hands, al...more

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What a luxury a cat is, the moments of shocking and startling pleasure in a day, the feel of the beast, the soft sleekness under your palm, the warmth...more

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So love is rest? The cosy corner? The little nook?Sometimes it ought to be. Sometimes it is.

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It's a hard case,' said Paul. 'First, I'm twenty. That means I'm very nervous and ill-at-ease with women. Second, I'm twenty. I have all my life befor...more

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I was realizing something I should have known by using my intelligence, without ever having gone to their flat at all: that the ties between Nelson an...more