"Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table."

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Jhumpa Lahiri

#Glasses Quotes #Meals Quotes #Aftermath Quotes

“Having a relationship with people of questionable character is like playing with a razor blade on your skin, and pretending to observe that it is harmful to your body.”
“It is the incongruous thing in my entire life, this isolation.. ..My work requires it - but I myself have no need or use for it - Perhaps once on a time I found isolation imperative - I think all chrysalides do - all embryos go for the underside of the leaf in the time of body-change preparing for the final reassertion -resurrection - the establishment of the entity. But now I've come up tot the outside of my casements.”

Source : "Marsden Hartley". Book by Gail R. Scott, p. 151, 1988.
“Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass, you know his faults, now let the foibles pass.”
“People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.”
“Love follows knowledge.”
“The writing of words can lead to all sorts of absurdities.”
“As was noted in the Wall Street Journal, last March 21st, FDA approval of drug labelling, '...requires seven to ten years, and costs each applicant an average of $70 million.'”
“I have some flamboyant outfits. It wouldn't be me if I didn't. But I'm married now. I'm not allowed to wear those outfits.”

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