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He would work through the night and sleep until lunch. There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.Ian Mcewan
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When she found a place of her ownand packed her bags he asked her to marry him. She kissed him, and quoted in his ear, " He married a woman to stop her getting away, Now she’s there all day.Ian Mcewan
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Both men accepted that the nature of the request, its intimacy and self-conscious reflection on their friendship, had created, for the moment, an uncomfortable emotional proximity which was best dealt with by their parting without another word.Ian Mcewan
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In a language as idiomatically stressed as English, opportunities for misreadings are bound to arise. By a mere backward movement of stress, a verb can become a noun, an act a thing. To refuse, to insist on saying no to what you believe is wrong, becomes at a stroke refuse, an insurmountable pile of garbage.Ian Mcewan
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In some respect Journalism is like science, the best ideas were one that survived and strengthened by opposition.Ian Mcewan
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It can happen sometimes, with those who brood on an injustice, that a taste for revenge can usefully combine with a sense of obligation.Ian Mcewan