Two people hugging, one wearing a watch and rings.
A couple hugging closely on a city street, with the focus on the woman's long, wavy blonde hair and knitted sweater.

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Quotable Alan Furst
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Quotable Alan Furst

“…These were people who would do anything to win at what they saw as the game of life, who had no allegiance to anyone or anything beyond themselves, who were gifted liars, who could scheme their way into almost anyone’s confidence, then betray them without hesitation…”

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Friday Feeling
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Friday Feeling

“I am—yet what I am none cares or knows;
My friends forsake me like a memory lost:
I am the self-consumer of my woes—
They rise and vanish in oblivious host,
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed…

John Clare

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Gone…
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Gone…

“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come…

W. H. Auden

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