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A review by a_here
New Grub Street by George Gissing, John Goode
4.75
"Life is a fuge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humor is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter."
Chapter 10, p 145
"My aim is to have easy command of all the pleasures desired by a cultivated man. I want to live among beautiful things, and never to be troubled by a though of vulgar difficulties. I want to travel and enrich my mind in foreign countries. I want to associate on equal terms with refined and interesting people. I want to be known, to be familiarity referred to, to feel when I enter a room that people regard me with some curiosity."
Chapter 24, p 329
"What are we - you an I?... We have no belief in immortality; we are convinced that this life is all; we know that human happiness is the origin and end of all moral considerations. What right do we have to make ourselves and others miserable for the sake of obstinate curiosity."
Chapter 31, p 441
"'Deserve! Why do i deserve it? Because I long for it with my heart and soul? There's no such thing as deserving. Happiness or misery comes to us by fate.'"
Chapter 36, p 503
Chapter 10, p 145
"My aim is to have easy command of all the pleasures desired by a cultivated man. I want to live among beautiful things, and never to be troubled by a though of vulgar difficulties. I want to travel and enrich my mind in foreign countries. I want to associate on equal terms with refined and interesting people. I want to be known, to be familiarity referred to, to feel when I enter a room that people regard me with some curiosity."
Chapter 24, p 329
"What are we - you an I?... We have no belief in immortality; we are convinced that this life is all; we know that human happiness is the origin and end of all moral considerations. What right do we have to make ourselves and others miserable for the sake of obstinate curiosity."
Chapter 31, p 441
"'Deserve! Why do i deserve it? Because I long for it with my heart and soul? There's no such thing as deserving. Happiness or misery comes to us by fate.'"
Chapter 36, p 503