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RSherman

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Tue Oct 10, 2023, 07:51 PM Oct 2023

"Nothing worth serious study is lovable" [View all]

In the book "The Last Ranger" by Peter Heller, a character is reading Russian authors: Chekhov, Turgenev, Pushkin.

Another character asks why he loved them.

His response:


"I don't love them." "Nothing worth serious study is lovable".


Hmmm.....

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Nice Ring, But Dissolves In A Moment's Thought The Magistrate Oct 2023 #1
WTbloodyF? ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #2
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