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But it was a religion which enabled him to despise himself and everyone else without despising the universe, thus allowing him at once in argument or conversation to the advantages of the pessimist and the optimist.Charles Williams
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An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy.Charles Williams
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The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse.Charles Williams
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There is no possible idea, " Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act.Charles Williams