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“His mastery of the hard-luck story was of a kind never achieved by persons not wholly concentrated on themselves.”

Book:A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement

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A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement

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Anthony Powell

Anthony Powell was an English novelist renowned for his twelve-volume series 'A Dance to the Music of Time', which offers a profound insight into British society and culture during the 20th century. more

“When we talk about Poetry, with a capital P, we are apt to think only of the more intense emotions or the more magical phrase: nevertheless there are a great many casements in poetry which are not magic, and which do not open on the foam of perilous seas, but are perfectly good windows for all that.”

Poetry Wry

Author:T. S. Eliot

“Sai stands in his spineless way, young but antiquated, studious but not clever, a thick steel watch on his wrist, his oiled black hair combed in the good-boy hairstyle. He looks like the past of an old man”

Awesome Descriptive Wry

Author:Manu Jospeh

“I am one strong sneeze away from a full-on breakdown at any moment”

Funny Wry

Book:The Bound Worlds

Source: The Bound Worlds

“You give me much good counsel," he said aloud. "I'm tired of it.”

Humor Advice Wry

Book:The Old Man and the Sea

Source: The Old Man and the Sea

“The Dark Ages are alive and secretly thriving like a herpes infection among us.”

Humor Wry Observations On Life Unexpected Humor Unexpected Life

Author:Juilette Fay

“All I wanna do is play one game of nine-ball with God.”

God Witty Gambling Pool Wry

Book:Table Legs

Source: Table Legs

“You know how your intuition warns you about someone, but you bury it because it shows the darkness underneath which you wish to ignore; the bright and shiny on the outside is so inviting, you don’t want to look anywhere else?”

Intuition Intuition Quotes Warning Signs Deception Quotes

Book:Tied to Deceit

Source: Tied to Deceit

“No, Novikovs time traveler is the tragic dupe who realizes too late her |trip to the past is what sealed the very fate she’d meant to prevent. Maybe you mistook your future voice shouting through the walls for something else: a heartbeat pacing and then rapid with want, a purr.”

Hindsight Red Flags Warning Signs

Book:In the Dream House

Source: In the Dream House

“A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare”—is a warning sign for imminent suicide, and one often missed.”

Depression Suicidal Thoughts Warning Signs Suicide Prevention Faraway Look

Book:A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Source: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

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