Carolina Quotes“I am interested in everything,” interrupted Gumbril Junior. “Which comes to the same thing,” said his father parenthetically, “as being interested in nothing.”
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
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Ch. 2
- work
- Antic Hay (1923)
- year
- 1923
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““I am interested in everything,” interrupted Gumbril Junior.…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-4E3E3B982D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/4e3e3b982d
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