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From Sleepless Nights, by Elizabeth Hardwick

MONOGAMY

"Monogamy drifted about him -- the scent of a hot iron on a shirt collar."

From Part Five

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From Sleepless Nights, by Elizabeth Hardwick

LADY

"Somehow she retrieved from darkness the miracle of pure style.  That was it.  Only a fool imagined that it was necessary to love a man, love anyone, love life."

From Part Three

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From Sight-Readings: American Fictions, by Elizabeth Hardwick

CULTURE

"Culture, as society finds it, is not saturation but an acquaintance with the labels of things valued, be it in the Parthenon or white walls."

From Mrs. Wharton in New York

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From A View of My Own: Essays in Literature and Society, by Elizabeth Hardwick

NOTION

"The notion of a large or small masterpiece lying about unnoticed -- a Vermeer in the hayloft -- has always stirred men's hearts."

From The Neglected Novels of Christina Stead

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From A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society, by Elizabeth Hardwick

BOSWELL

"Boswell is a stray -- he arrived without antecedents and departed without descendants."

From Memoirs, Conversations and Diaries

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From Bartleby in New York & Other Essays, by Elizabeth Hardwick

BODY

"The body is a poor vessel for transcendence."

From Domestic Manners