Quotes from A Handful of Dust

“You can't ever tell what's going to hurt people.”
― Evelyn Waugh, quote from A Handful of Dust

“It would be a dull world if we all thought alike.”
― Evelyn Waugh, quote from A Handful of Dust

“Brenda descended the great staircase step by step through alternations of dusk and rainbow.”
― Evelyn Waugh, quote from A Handful of Dust

“A whole Gothic world had come to grief...there was now no armour glittering through the forest glades, no embroidered feet on the green sward; the cream and dappled unicorns had fled...”
― Evelyn Waugh, quote from A Handful of Dust

“A wonderfully congenial group who live by a unique set of social standards. According to their rules, any sin is acceptable provided it is carried off in good taste.”
― Evelyn Waugh, quote from A Handful of Dust

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