Quote #13

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.

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  2. Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.
  3. Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?
  4. The busy chatter of the heat Shrilled like a parakeet; And shuddering at the noonday light The dust lay dead and white As powder on a mummy…
  5. A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
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