“Life is hell, but at least there are prizes. Or so one thought.”
Janet Frame
The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches
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“Life is hell, but there are prizes. ”
Janet Frame
“Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life. But he thought of it now as a thing so unattainable and improbable that to have repined would have been like despairing because one had not drawn the first prize in a lottery.”
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“Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!One thing at least is certain - This Life flies;One thing is certain and the rest is Lies -The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”
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