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Quotes from Beasts and Super-Beasts — Saki

d. 1916 England

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Waldo is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)

To be among people who are smothered in furs when one hasn't any oneself makes one want to break most of the Commandments.

Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)

A beautifully constructed borsch, such as you are going to experience presently, ought not only to banish conversation but almost to annihilate thought.

Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.

Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)

Romance at short notice was her speciality.

Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)

Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage.

Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)

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