“Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars over his disappointment, and in thefulness of time he got used to it.”
Henry James
Washington Square
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Also, he was smoking a cigar, and when a man is smoking a cigar, wearing a hat, he has an advantage; it is harder to find out how he feels.”
Saul Bellow
Seize the Day
“Mr Pin lit a cigar. Smoking was his one vice. at least, it was his only vice that he thought of as a vice. The others were just job skills.”
Terry Pratchett
The Truth: Stage Adaptation
“When she was drinking his liquor and smoking his cigars, Charity couldn't help warming to Sir Humphrey. She almost forgot what a crashing bore he really was.”
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Mr Wrong
“I prefer to think of it as burning down their crops. [when asked why he - a fervent anti-Communist - smoked Cuban cigars]”
Gen. Alexander Haig
“He fell into step beside me and we both got into the Blue Beetle — he got in the red door. I got in the white one, and we peered out over the grey hood[...]”
Jim Butcher
Grave Peril