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If one were as rich as those people! They pass so close to us; they see us, and we see them; but the distance between is infinity. They don’t belong … - George Gissing
" "If one were as rich as those people! They pass so close to us; they see us, and we see them; but the distance between is infinity. They don’t belong to the same world as we poor wretches. They see everything in a different light; they have powers which would seem supernatural if we were suddenly endowed with them.
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About George Gissing
George Robert Gissing (November 22 1857 – December 28 1903) was an English novelist and short story writer.
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George R. Gissing
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G. R. Gissing
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I seem anything but lovable. I don't underrate my powers — rather the opposite, no doubt; but what I always seem to lack is the gift of pleasing — moral grace. My strongest emotions seem to be absorbed in revolt; for once that I feel tenderly, I have a hundred fierce, resentful, tempestuous moods. To be suave and smiling in common intercourse costs me an effort.
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