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1 " stupefied "
― F. Scott Fitzgerald , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories
2 " This is your child, and you’ll have to make the best of it. "
3 " A grotesque picture formed itself with dreadful clarity before the eyes of the tortured man "
4 " for a dark instant Mr Button wished passionately that his son was black "
5 " The remaining brush of scraggly hair; the watery eyes, the ancient teeth, seemed oddly out of tone with the gayety of the costume. "
6 " He merely warned his son that he would ‘stunt his growth. "
7 " there were no dreams, no dreams to haunt him. "
8 " took life as he found it. "
9 " he did these things only because they were expected of him, and because he was by nature obliging. "
10 " Roger Button’s silent agreement with himself to believe in his son’s normality. "
11 " The registrar pointed sternly to the door. ‘Get out,’ he said. ‘Get out of college and get out of town. You are a dangerous lunatic. "
12 " A full moon drenched the road to the lustreless color of platinum, and late-blooming harvest flowers breathed into the motionless air aromas that were like low, half-heard laughter. "
13 " Blind with enchantment, he felt that life was just beginning. "
14 " No one believed it. You had only to look at Benjamin and see. "
15 " more attracted by the gay side "
16 " home had for him so little charm that he decided to join the army. "
17 " a chasm began to widen between them. "
18 " They had forgotten – as people inevitably forget "
19 " There was only one fly in the delicious ointment "
