“Shortly after dawn, or what would have been dawn in a normal sky, Mr. Artur Sammler with his bushy eye took in the books and papers of his West Side bedroom and suspected strongly that they were the wrong books, the wrong papers.”
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“It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself,…”
“I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don’t you know how many things there are to…”
“Unless you’re completely exploded, there’s always something to be grateful for.”
“And what about all the good I have in my heart - does it mean anything?”