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Quotes from The Remains of the Day — Kazuo Ishiguro

born 1954 England

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After all, there's no turning back the clock now. One can't be forever dwelling on what might have been. One should realize one has as good as most, perhaps better, and be grateful.

The Remains of the Day (1989)

Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in – particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth.

The Remains of the Day (1989)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kazuo Ishiguro (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.