"The man who, as is often said, can get away with wearing a trench coat over his dinner jacket, or an old school tie for a belt, is the one who in fact understands best the rules of proper dress and can bend them to suit his own personality and requirements."

-- G. Bruce Boyer

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“A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not just know about it but feel it: and should be accompanied by a willingness on the part of those who write it to take additional action towards stopping the great miseries which they record.”

Source : Denise Levertov (1992). “New & Selected Essays”, p.146, New Directions Publishing
“A very remarkable people the Zulus: they defeat our generals, they convert our bishops, they have settled the fate of a great European dynasty.”
“What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.”
“I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses.”
“Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?”
“There's nothing more comfortable than a cosy flower pattern.”
“He hated the war; it threatened much more than his lifestyle or peace of mind. It continually destroyed the world of the imagination, the only world where he felt happy.”

Source : Irène Némirovsky (2006). “Suite Française: Storm in June”, Vintage
“I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.”

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