“All this sitting about in cafés to calm down
Simply wears me out. And their idea of literature!
The idiotic cut of the stanzas; the novels, full up, gross.

I have lived it, and I know too much.
My café nerves are breaking me
With black, exhausting information.”

— Rosemary Tonks

The Sofas, Fogs and Cinemas

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“All this sitting about in cafés to calm downSimply wears me out. And their idea of literature!The idiotic cut of the stanzas; the novels, full up, gross.I have lived it, and I know too much.My café nerves are breaking meWith black, exhausting information.”

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“All this sitting about in cafés to calm down
Simply wears me out. And their idea of literature!
The idiotic cut of the stanzas; the novels, full up, gross.

I have lived it, and I know too much.
My café nerves are breaking me
With black, exhausting information.”