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at him I seemed to see again the other one—the father, cast out

Such book being there was wonderful enough; but still more astounding were the notes penciled in the margin and plainly referring to the text.

outwards, resembled an idol. The Director, satisfied

Art itself my be defined as a single-minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe.

being only overcome by his dislike of all kinds of recognised labour—a temperamental defect which he shared with a large proportion of revolutionary reformers of a given social state.

above—the Council in Europe, you know—mean him to be.' He turned to

And this question was put with a note of personal pride that made me smile, as though he had had a hand in regulating that unique spectacle. He had regulated so many things in Patusan! Things that would have appeared as much beyond his control as the motions of the moon and the stars.

he is the perfect flower of the terroristic wilderness. What troubled me most in dealing with him was not his monstrosity but his banality.

This, let me remind you again, is a love story; you can see it by the imbecility, not a repulsive imbecility, the exalted imbecility of these proceedings, this station in torchlight, as if they had come there on purpose to have it out for the edification of concealed murderers.

flag for an instant, so that the princess, who

Every book ought to be read with the same spirit and in the same manner as it is writ—Fielding's Tom Jones.

Power—often military power—was at the origin of these inequities.

the markedly different patterns across countries demonstrate that policies matter. Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.

so many artists and scientists, the youthful Zweig found school a great bore.

Bette Newboldt, our unappeasable feminist whom, I'm fairly certain, God Himself could not have made happy;

Without that strong personal presence, the essay doesn't quite exist; it becomes an article, a piece, or some other indefinable verbal construction.

Trevor-Roper never granted Waugh intellectual respect, but did acknowledge that in face-to-face confrontations he could not win, owing to Waugh's superior rudeness.

Merit" is the usual translation of the Pali word punna, which more literally means "virtue" or that which purifies and cleanses the life stream, bringing good results.

You're an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I'm an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I'm in an ideal position to appreciate it.

Yossarian decided to change the subject. Now you're changing the subject. he pointed out diplomatically. I'll bet I can name two things to be miserable about for every one you can name to be thankful for.

It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.

Nurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change him.

Only Hungry Joe had something better to do each time he finished his missions. He had screaming nightmares and won fist fights with Huple's cat.

He was a militant idealist who crusaded against racial bigotry by growing faint in its presence.