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Nostalgia, as his Uncle Joshua had said, ain't what it used to be.

— Peter De Vries The Tents of Wickedness (1959)

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It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

The Mackerel Plaza (1958)

"Let us hope," I prayed, "that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring."

The Mackerel Plaza (1958)

Man is vile, I know, but people are wonderful.

Let Me Count the Ways (1965)

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other.

The Glory of the Hummingbird (1974)

"The last place to have a ball, my dear Mrs. DelBelly, is at a formal dance."

Peckham's Marbles (1986)

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Women and elephants never forget an injury.

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Man should possess an infinite appetite for life. It should be self-evident to him, all the time, that life is superb, glorious, endlessly rich, infinitely desirable.

Colin Wilson The Philosopher's Stone (1969)

To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.

Thomas Campbell

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important a function as recollecting.

William James The Principles of Psychology (1890)

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