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“I am an old man. There are things in which I take pleasure—there are other things—such as the music of today—which do not give me pleasure. But all the same I know Genius when I meet it. There are a hundred charlatans—a hundred breakers down of tradition who think that by doing so they have accomplished something wonderful. And there is the hundred and first—a creator, a man who steps boldly into the future—’ He paused, then went on. ‘Yes, I know genius when I meet it. I may not like it—but I recognize it. Groen, whoever he is, has genius . . . The music of tomorrow . . .”

Mary WestmacottPage 6
Book:Giant's Bread
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“Las mujeres tienen suerte, aunque el noventa y nueve por ciento no lo sabe. ¿A qué edad se lanzó Santa Teresa a reformar monasterios? A los cincuenta. Y podría citar muchos casos más. De los veinte a los cuarenta las mujeres se hallan absortas biológicamente... y con toda razón. Se preocupan de los niños, los maridos, los amantes... Las relaciones personales. O subliman todas estas cosas y se lanzan a una carrera, de forma típicamente femenina y emocional. Pero la segunda flora­ción natural es de la mente y el espíritu y su edad cuando una alcanza la madurez. Según van envejeciendo, las mujeres se interesan más en cosas impersonales. Los in­tereses masculinos se reducen, los de las mujeres se am­plían. A los sesenta un hombre se repite, por lo general, como un gramófono. A la misma edad, una mujer, si tiene cierto individualismo, es un ser interesante.”

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Book:A Daughter's a Daughter
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“A faint smile showed on his face. ‘The Giant! You and Groen have your little joke all to yourselves, I fancy. Everyone takes it for granted the Giant is the Moloch of Machinery—They don’t see that the real Giant is that pigmy figure—man. The individualist who endures through Stone and Iron and who though civilizations crumble and die, fights his way through yet another Glacial Age to rise in a new civilization of which we do not dream . . .’ His smile broadened. ‘As I grow older I am more and more convinced that there is nothing so pathetic, so ridiculous, so absurd, and so absolutely wonderful as Man—”

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Book:Giant's Bread
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“Against that background Vernon saw his mother—saw her for the first time—a magnificent woman with white skin and red gold hair—a being like the pictures in his fairy book, saw her suddenly as something wonderful and beautiful. He was never to forget that strange moment. She was his mother and she was beautiful and he loved her. Something hurt him inside, like a pain—only it wasn’t a pain. And there was a queer booming noise inside his head—a thundering noise that ended up high and sweet like a bird’s note. Altogether a very wonderful moment.”

Mary WestmacottPage 19
Book:Giant's Bread
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