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She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed–necessary but scarcely noticed.

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Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
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Conversation Existence Taste
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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Life Live Person Poverty War
There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
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Love Man Poverty Taste War
O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.
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Gift Knowledge Wisdom
By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
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Call Deal King Right Yourself
We can’t buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
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Cash Live People Time
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
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Adventure Calculate Fate Greatness True
A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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Creativity Pill Story
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
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Journey Mystery Soul World
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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Air Hot Show Vote Way
There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.
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Contact Difference Man Privilege
In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.
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Anand Thakur
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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Clear Couch
Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow’s grave. Young men are grave-robbers by nature.
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Grave Heart Nature Observation Young Yourself
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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Invisible Strand Woman
It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.
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Ambition Color Courage Darkness Man Sunshine

She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed–necessary but scarcely noticed.

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