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As quoted in "Great Minds Start With Questions" in Parents Magazine (September 1993).
“"Pray, my dear," quoth my mother, "have you not forgot to wind up the clock?" — "Good G—!" cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to moderate his voice at the same time, — "Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?"”
Book I, Ch. 1.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
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