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Thirteen Storeys QUOTES

Thirteen Storeys QUOTES

1 " He considered himself a good man, and always did his best to avoid passing judgement on others, but deep down he had an unshakeable conviction that all rich people were deeply, deeply stupid. "

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2 " This world was designed to generate winners and losers, and it showed a lack of character to wish yourselves a winner without accepting what it does to those who lose. "

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3 " To Violet, the greatest danger of eye contact was that people thought you were interested in their opinions. "

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4 " She was fine. There was no reason for her not to be, so she was fine. "

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5 " Though her mother's dire predictions of robbery, murder or kidnapping had never come true (yet another way Violet had disappointed her), she had been right about how harsh and ugly London was. If you couldn't find the quiet joy in that ugliness, it might be a bit much for some people. "

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6 " There was something about the long stretch of train ride rattling out towards the suburbs and countryside that he found strangely oppressive. The same landmarks passing him by every day, again and again, marking the passage of time between a deeply unfulfilling job and a house his parents were clearly sick of sharing with him. A huge pendulum, back and forth, each swing another tally on a wasted life he’d never get back. "

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7 " Nothing worth doing should be easy, she had always felt, and that included living. "

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