Susan poured herself out some more wine. She said:   " You're nice. You must come and see me some time. I live miles away from anywhere with my father. You'll like him."   " Tell me about him."   " He's a curious little man with a walrus moustache."   " What does he do?"   " He's a failure."   " Where does he fail?"   " Oh, he doesn't any longer, " she said. "He's a retired failure, you see. You must meet him."   " I'd like to. . Anthony Powell
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  1. An exceedingly well-informed report, ' said the General. 'You have given yourself the trouble to go into matters thoroughly, I see. That is one of the secrets of success in life.
  2. For some reason, the sight of snow descending on fire always makes me think of the ancient world — legionaries in sheepskin warming themselves at a brazier: mountain altars where offerings glow between wintry pillars; centaurs with torches cantering beside a frozen sea — scattered,...
  3. Feeling unable to maintain this detachment of attitude towards human- and, in especial, matrimonial- affairs, I asked whether it was not true that she had married Bob Duport. She nodded; not exactly conveying, it seemed to me, that by some happy chance their union had...
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  5. Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.
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