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their gigantic new landlord

—And Lily? from the kitchen, —the milk? and the butter? But she’d forgot them on this consuming mission to get his mind off things and was there another pail someplace? as the bucket brigade came about with each fresh gallon bearing a new lease of life for the goggling eyed tenants where their giga…

—p.488 A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis
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failing at something worth doing

She stood staring out over the pond for moments longer before she turned to him sitting there, his shoulders fallen, the watch closed tight in his hands. —I think, I think he was just trying to help, Oscar. He was, Harry was awfully fond of you, you knew that didn’t you? she said coming over to him…

—p.461 by William Gaddis
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you only get married for the fourth time once

[...] Will you tell dear Teen that’s why I haven’t called her? I’ve simply been up to my eyes with these decorators and upholsterers and God knows what since the day we were married and I hope she wasn’t annoyed at not being invited, I mean you only get married for the fourth time once but Bunker’s…

—p.453 by William Gaddis
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the whole society’s based on an adversary culture topic/americana

—What it’s all about Christina, if everyplace you looked here wasn’t ridden with mistrust you wouldn’t have one lawyer for every five hundred people mostly can’t afford one anyway, whole country conceived in competition rivalry bugger thy neighbor, the whole society’s based on an adversary culture …

—p.424 by William Gaddis
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like the hairdresser

—That’s why they’re experts Oscar look, problem’s spelled out right here. The plaintiffs, that’s you, plaintiffs called no witnesses to rebut this testimony, and if their failure to do so was because of the commanding position of the defendants in the industry, they did not prove it. We must theref…

—p.399 by William Gaddis