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" She has a charming voice. Something of the French intonation carries over into the English, of course. But it's more than that, I think. It's an amused voice. It has a slight suggestion of humor, at no one's expense. As if she had learned to see things with a clarity that - that was often in excess of whatever need there was for seeing things clearly. And the residue had turned into something like amusement. "

William Maxwell , The Chateau


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William Maxwell quote : She has a charming voice. Something of the French intonation carries over into the English, of course. But it's more than that, I think. It's an amused voice. It has a slight suggestion of humor, at no one's expense. As if she had learned to see things with a clarity that - that was often in excess of whatever need there was for seeing things clearly. And the residue had turned into something like amusement.