Katherine Mansfield - The Garden Party (1922)

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He stands, smiling encouragement, like a clumsy dentist.

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Roses are the only flowers at garden-parties; the only flowers that everybody is certain of knowing.

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Josephine had had a moment of absolute terror at the cemetery, while the coffin was lowered, to think that she and Constantia had done this thing without asking his permission. What would father say when he found out? For he was bound to find out sooner or later. He always did. 'Buried. You two girls had me buried!'

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Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.

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It was like living in a house that couldn't be cured of the habit of catching on fire, on a ship that got wrecked every day.

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Fancy cream puffs so soon after breakfast. The very idea made one shudder. All the same, two minutes later Jose and Laura were licking their fingers with that absorbed inward look that only comes from whipped cream.

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Oh, how quickly things changed! Why didn't happiness last for ever? For ever wasn't a bit too long.

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