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                                    Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.                                
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                                    How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.                                
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                                    Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink.                                
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                                    I hope you don't mind tea in mugs,' she said, coming in with a try. 'I told you I was a slut.                                
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                                    I think just a cup of tea...' There was something to be said for tea and a comfortable chat about crematoria.                                
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                                    Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.                                
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                                    However romantically ill John might look, it seemed that he had nothing worse than an unromantic cold.                                
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                                    Well, then, we may as well find somewhere to have tea. After spiritual comes bodily refreshment.                                
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                                    Just the kind of underclothes a person like me might wear, I thought dejectedly, so there is no need to describe them.                                
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                                    But at least it made one realize that life still held infinite possibilities for change.                                
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                                    Perhaps long spaghetti is the kind of thing that ought to be eaten quite alone with nobody to watch one's struggles. Surely                                
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                                    in something for him, so I bought some white                                
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                                    What a good thing there is no marriage or giving in marriage in the after-life; it will certainly help to smooth things out.                                
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                                    If only one could clear out one's mind and heart as ruthlessly as one did one's wardrobe.                                
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                                    Oh, God, yes! You'd hate sharing a kitchen with me. I'm such a slut,' she said, almost proudly.                                
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                                    One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.                                
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                                    Also, it was the morning and it seemed a little odd to be thinking about poetry before luncheon.                                
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                                    Dear Mildred,' he smiled, 'you are not the kind of person to expect things as your right even though they may be.                                
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                                    Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.                                
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                                    There are various ways of mending a broken heart, but perhaps going to a learned conference is one of the more unusual.                                
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                                    Perhaps all love had something of the ridiculous in it.                                
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                                    Once you get into the habit of falling in love you will find that it happens quite often and means less and less,' said                                
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                                    Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.                                
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                                    She had always been an unashamed reader of novels ...                                
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                                    Dulcie always found a public library a little upsetting, for one saw so many odd people there ...                                
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                                    Inanimate objects were often so much nicer than people.                                
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