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I didn't wait to see her ship go off, because partings are stupid things and best got over quickly


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You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.

You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.



If what they say is right we're none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But we can keep on doing it as long as we can.

If what they say is right we're none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But we can keep on doing it as long as we can.



Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this.

Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this.



You can only do a thing for the first time once, and that goes for falling in love.

You can only do a thing for the first time once, and that goes for falling in love.



Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over.

Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over.



To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.



It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers.

It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers.



It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.

It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.



The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.



I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.

I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.





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I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren.

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We all die in the end, but there's no reason to die in the middle.



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Faith is not the opposite of reason.

Faith is not the opposite of reason.




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