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“The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future.”
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“The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home ...”
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“Affection may be abiding and love may be abiding, but the state of being in love is transitory.”
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“Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia. Pure, undiluted, untouched joy.”
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“[On Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl:] ... the entire crew were working like dogs to make the star look good in her first picture, and she treated them like ants trying to get into her lunch.”
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“Growing old was simply a process of drawing closer to that ultimate independence called death.”
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“We may not greatly love or enjoy life ourselves but we love the man or woman who loves it; we enjoy the man or woman who enjoys it.”
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“Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.”