Modern life gets less and less worth living, is my solemn conclusion. Wherever you go there are always people.
—William Maxwell, carta para Sylvia Townsend Warner, 1 de Março de 1954,
Modern life gets less and less worth living, is my solemn conclusion. Wherever you go there are always people.
—William Maxwell, carta para Sylvia Townsend Warner, 1 de Março de 1954,
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
—Jane Austen, carta para Cassandra Austen em 24 de Agosto de 1798
Espero não esperar demasiado de quem me diz que espero demasiado das pessoas.