“Inevitably, I drank too much, talked too much, smiled too hard, swallowed back too much bile.”
Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
How to Save Your Own Life (1977)
“The governess was not much liked in the village. She was too tall, too fond of books, too grave, and, a curious thing, never smiled unless there was something to smile at.”
Source: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
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