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The Sun Also Rises

A big novel about a small town... When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what l

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Ernest Hemingway (29)

“'Oh, Jake,' Brett said, 'we could have had such a damned good time together.' Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me. 'Yes,' I said. 'Isn’t it pretty to think so?'”

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“'How did you go bankrupt?' Bill asked. 'Two ways,' Mike said. 'Gradually and then suddenly.'”

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“'You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.' 'Yes.' 'It’s sort of what we have instead of God.'”

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“A bottle of wine was good company.”

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“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.”

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Tagged: Fast, Living

“Oh, darling, I've been so miserable.”

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Tagged: Miserable

“Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?”

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Tagged: Life, Fast, moving, Living

“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.”

— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Fast, moving, Living

“you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”

— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com

Tagged: Denial, Life, self, Future