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out of the trembling pearly edges of the sky there swam slowly a high cluster of reddish basalt blocks, carved into the vague semblance (like a face in the fire) of a sphinx tortured by thirst; and there, gibbering in the dark shade of a rock, the little party waited to conduct them to the Sheik's tents -- four tall lean men, made of brown paper, whose voices cracked at the edges of meaning with thirst, and whose laughter was like fury unle..
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Bessie was News, Leaders, and Gossip; Enid was Features, Make-up and general Sub. Whenever they were at a loss for copy they would mercilessly pillage ancient copies of Punch or Home Chat. An occasional hole in the copy was filled with a ghoulish smudge - local block-making had clearly indicated that somewhere a poker-work fanatic had gone quietly out of his mind. In this way the Central Balkan Herald was made up every morning and then deli..
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Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.
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I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.
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Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
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Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.
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A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.
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No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.
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Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
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