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The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

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“How long should I wait for the promise, dad", asks a son. "As long as your faith in me, son." "But why is it that you seem to intervene at the last moment?" "I am glad you did not say I come late. I always intervene at the right moment." "Wait! There are some promises I have been waiting for for a decade." "It makes two of us, son. There are right moments I have been trying to create for a decade too.”

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Author:Abiodun Fijabi
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“But the first bedtime story he ever did read me was Kim.' River could tell she recognised the title, so didn't elaborate. 'After that, well, Conrad, Greene. Somerset Maugham.' 'Ashenden.' 'You get the picture. For my twelfth birthday, he bought me le Carré's collected works. I can still remember what he said about them.' They're made up. But that doesn't mean they're not true.”

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“Dragul meu prieten, nu fi indurerat, zise Edward. N-am esuat, ci dimpotriva, am reusit. Nici nu-ti poti imagina cu cat elan contemplu viata, cat de plina mi se pare si cat de semnificativa. Uneori (...) ai sa te gandesti la mine. Am sa-mi cladesc o casa pe insula mea de corali si am sa traiesc acolo ingrijindu-mi copacii si scotand miezul din nuci in acelasi mod stravechi pe care l-au folosit bastinasii din timpuri imemoriale. Am sa cultiv tot felul de legume in gradina mea si am sa pescuiesc. Voi avea destula treaba sa-mi consum energia, dar nu atata incat sa ma duca la indobitocire. Voi avea carti, o voi avea pe Eva si, sper, copii; si voi avea, mai presus de toate, infinita varietate a marii si a cerului, prospetimea zorilor si frumusetea amurgurilor, bogatia magnifica a noptilor. Am sa fac o gradina din ceea ce nu demult era doar o paragina. In felul acesta voi fi creat ceva. Anii vor trece pe nesimtite si, cand voi fi batran, sper sa privesc inapoi multumit, pentru ca am trait o viata linistita, simpla si fericita. In felul meu modest, voi fi cultivat si eu, in viata, frumosul. Crezi ca e putin lucru sa cunosti multumirea si sa te bucuri de ea? Stim bine ca nu-i foloseste mare lucru omului daca dobandeste intreaga lume pierzandu-si sufletul. Eu cred ca pe al meu am reusit sa-l pastrez." Din povestirea Decaderea lui Edward Barnard, din Honolulu, de W. Somerset Maugham.”

Somerset Maugham
Book:Honolulu e altri racconti
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“I began to realize that maybe my opinions just didn’t fit in with the liberal status quo, which seems to mean that you must absolutely hate Trump, his supporters and everything they believe. If you dare not to protest or boycott Trump, you are a traitor. If you dare to question liberal stances or make an effort toward understanding why conservatives think the way they do, you are a traitor. It can seem like liberals are actually against free speech if it fails to conform with the way they think. And I don’t want to be a part of that club anymore.”

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Author:Chadwick Moore
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