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Ernest’s zest for life was infectious.
A. E. Hotchner • Hemingway in Love: His Own Story
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Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray
And who had need of his globes here?
George Saunders • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo
We were dancing to the accordion and some one was playing the banjo. It was hot and I felt happy. We passed close to Georgette dancing with another one of them. “What possessed you to bring her?” “I don’t know, I just brought her.” “You’re getting damned romantic.” “No, bored.” “Now?” “No, not now.” “Let’s get out of here. She’s well taken care of.
... See moreErnest Hemingway • The Sun Also Rises
Enjoying living was learning to get your money’s worth and knowing when you had it.
Ernest Hemingway • The Sun Also Rises
he will then settle down to the discussion with his partner about the table-napkins, each speaker indulging in long monologues in turn; a peculiarity of much American conversation. Now if in the middle of one of these monologues, he suddenly thinks that the vacant space of the waiter's shirt-front might also be utilised to advertise the Gee Whiz Gi
... See moreG. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton • What I Saw in America
Then again, you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, ‘It’s a secret between he and I.
J.D. Salinger • The Catcher in the Rye
Suppose you should be walking down Broadway after dinner, with ten minutes allotted to the consummation of your cigar while you are choosing between a diverting tragedy and something serious in the way of vaudeville. Suddenly a hand is laid upon your arm. You turn to look into the thrilling eyes of a beautiful woman, wonderful in diamonds and Russi
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