Professor Dohmler raised himself like a legless man mounting a pair of crutches.


“Professor Dohmler raised himself like a legless man mounting a pair of crutches.”
― Tender is the Night
― Tender is the Night

“Then tell me all the reasons why you’re going to marry me in June.” “Well, because you’re so clean. You’re sort of blowy clean, like I am. There’s two sorts, you know. One’s like Dick: he’s clean like polished pans. You and I are clean like streams and winds. I can tell whenever I see a person whether he is clean, and if so, which kind of clean he is.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned

“But women marry all their husbands' talents and naturally, afterwards, are not so impressed with them as they may keep up the pretense of being.”
― Tender is the Night
― Tender is the Night
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