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“Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass.”
Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.29, The Floating Press
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“[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst out laughing. She wondered why there was something slightly absurd about aunts; perhaps it was because one thought of them as dear, comfortable creatures, somehow lacking in dignity and prestige.”
Source : Barbara Pym (1982). “Less than angels”, HarperCollins Publishers
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“I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead.”
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“I don't have a publicist, I don't go to events, I don't do magazines, and it's just not my life.”
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“Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.”
Source : Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2012). “Incredibly Alice”, p.202, Simon and Schuster
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“I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.”
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“Shall I project a world?”
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“Peace is not just the absence of mass destruction, but a positive internal and external condition in which people are free so that they can grow to their full potential.”