In big houses in which things are done properly, there is always the religious element. The diurnal cycle is observed with more feeling when there are servants to do the work.
タグ: wealth

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There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.
タグ: talking, end, children, alone
The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.
タグ: two, meet, innocent, lie
Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.
タグ: ending, go, beginning, women
Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.
タグ: own, nobody, you, life
If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.
タグ: surface, too, simply, theme
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