"If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business."

-- Robert Harris

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“The birth of my sons. The birth of new emotions...what a privilege. What a blessing.”
“I like people-watching and fading into crowds.”
“There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, Latin or arithmetic, in a decent and useful degree.”
“It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.”
“I took a chance, I took a shot And you may think Iâ€™m bullet-proof, but Iâ€™m not. You took a swing, I took it hard. And down here from the ground I see who you are”
“It is always so, every pleasure comes exactly half an hour too late - Life! Life!”

Source : Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.174
“French was the only language we had in common, and even that was like a dialect we had picked up at a rummage sale, rusty and missing a lot of essential parts.”
“Psychologically, I’m very confused… But personally, I don’t feel bad at all.”

Source : "Fictional Character: Klara Novak". "The Shop Around the Corner", www.imdb.com. 1940.

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