February 2012
11 posts
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“O, reason not the need! Our basest beggars
Are in the poorest thing...”
– William Shakespeare, King Lear
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“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth
To have a thankless child!”
– William Shakespeare, King Lear
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“He opened the instrument, waiting for inspiration, and the memory that came to...”
– Richard Mason, History of a Pleasure Seeker
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“At the heart of that much stronger “something” was sex, to be sure,...”
– Ryu Murakami, Popular Hits of the Showa Era
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“Words themselves aren’t that important. Even if somebody says words that...”
– Ryu Murakami, Popular Hits of the Showa Era
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“No matter how loudly they carried on, none of these young men ever stood out,...”
– Ryu Murakami, Popular Hits of the Showa Era
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“On both sides of the water, houses for the magnates of the seventeenth century...”
– Richard Mason, History of a Pleasure Seeker
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“The adventures of adolescence had taught Piet Barol that he was extremely...”
– Richard Mason, History of a Pleasure Seeker
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“A queen should weave peace, not punish the innocent
with loss of life for...”
– Beowulf
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“I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her,...”
– James Joyce, “Araby,” Dubliners
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“I could not call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with...”
– James Joyce, “Araby,” Dubliners