"Unless one is wealthy there is no need to be a charming fellow."

(Oskar Wilde, The Model Millionaire, 1891)

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"Ein Mensch kann sich manchmal in merkwürdigen Situationen wiederfinden."

(Thor Heyerdahl, "Kon-Tiki", 1948)

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"I suppose my mother could have been a witch if she had chosen to."

(Mary Stewart, "Thornyhold", 1988)

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"The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people seem to think, repose upon a manly bosom."

(Dorothy L. Sayers, Have his Carcase, 1932)

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"Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?"

(Agatha Christie, "Curtain", 1975)

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"An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details."

(Roald Dahl, "Boy", 1984)

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"Das war gestern abend so um zwölf, da fühlte ich, daß etwas Großartiges in mir vorging."

(Irmgard Keun, Das kunstseidene Mädchen, 1932)

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