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c25e1a1
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Beauty doesn't have to be anything. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter, is Mozart's Twenty-third Piano Concerto ?
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wodehouse
beauty-in-literature
beauty-in-nature
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Douglas Adams |
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aca3207
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"I mean, imagine how some unfortunate Master Criminal would feel, on coming down to do a murder at the old Grange, if he found that not only was Sherlock Holmes putting in the weekend there, but Hercule Poirot, as well." ~ Bertram "Bertie" Wooster"
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wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
sherlock-holmes
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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b3ad8dd
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What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean.
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wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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61b78a4
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As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across premieval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle ('Please read this carefully and send it on Jane') the clan has a tendency to ignore me. It's one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor - and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.
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wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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ef867bc
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Sober or blotto, this is your motto: keep muddling through.
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humour
wodehouse
motto
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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b67317c
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I don't know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I'm telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it.
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humour
writing
wooster
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
writing-craft
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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4aff53a
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She gave me another of those long keen looks, and I could see that she was again asking herself if her favourite nephew wasn't steeped to the tonsils in the juice of the grape.
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humorous
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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e232d08
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She laughed - a bit louder than I could have wished in my frail state of health, but then she is always a woman who tends to bring plaster falling from the ceiling when amused.
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laughter
jeeves
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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e41b9e7
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"I suppose even Dictators have their chummy moments, when they put their feet up and relax with the boys, but it was plain from the outset that if Roderick Spode had a sunnier side, he had not come with any idea of exhibiting it now. His manner was curt. One sensed the absence of the bonhomous note. ... Here he laid a hand on my shoulder, and I can't remember when I have experienced anything more unpleasant. Apart from what Jeeves would have called the symbolism of the action, he had a grip like the bite of a horse. "Did you say 'Oh yes?'" he asked. "Oh no," I assured him."
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wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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8689df4
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She came leaping towards me, like Lady Macbeth coming to get first-hand news from the guest-room.
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wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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cbb6ceb
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Filled with a coward rage that dares to burn but does not dare to blaze, Lord Emsworth coughed a cough that was undisguisedly a bronchial white flag.
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wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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8f18af3
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It would take more than long-stemmed roses to change my view that you're a despicable cowardy custard and a disgrace to a proud family. Your ancestors fought in the Crusades and were often mentioned in despatches, and you cringe like a salted snail at the thought of appearing as Santa Claus before an audience of charming children who wouldn't hurt a fly. It's enough to make an aunt turn her face to the wall and give up the struggle.
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humorous
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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0f18774
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"What with one thing and another, I can't remember ever having been chirpier than at about this period in my career. Everything seemed to be going right. On three separate occasions horses on which I'd invested a sizeable amount won by lengths instead of sitting down to rest in the middle of the race, as horses usually do when I've got money on them. ~ Bertram "Bertie" Wooster - The Inimitable Jeeves"
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horse-racing
wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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1370df4
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Fascination exists only in the imagination of the fascinated.
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humour
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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60379e1
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NOW, touching this business of old Jeeves - my man, you know - how do we stand? Lots of people think I'm much too dependent on him. My Aunt Agatha, in fact, has even gone so far as to call him my keeper. Well, what I say is: Why not? The man's a genius.
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wooster
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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c11bc6b
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I felt most awfully braced. I felt as if the clouds had rolled away and all was as it used to be. I felt like one of those chappies in the novels who calls off the fight with his wife in the last chapter and decides to forget and forgive. I felt I wanted to do all sorts of other things to show Jeeves that I appreciated him.
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wooster
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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3d2d317
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The gods are business-like. They sell; they do not give. And for what they sell they demand a heavy price. We may buy life of them in many ways; with our honour, our health, our independence, our happiness; with our brains or with our hands. But somehow or other, in whatever currency we may choose to pay it, the price must be paid.
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p-g-wodehouse
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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01e0b3e
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Humour, if one looks into it, is principally a matter of retrospect.
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humour
theprinceandbetty
p-g-wodehouse
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |