Saki

British (Burman-born) short story author

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Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

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He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

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He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

"The Square Egg", 1924

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