He accused her of being bourgeois, whatever that was-it

He accused her of being bourgeois, whatever that was-it seemed to involve engagement rings and babies and all sorts of things she wasn't interested in. He got so heated about them that for a moment she thought he might actually be proposing, in an angry, cack-handed fashion.

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The quote captures a moment of tension between two characters, highlighting a misunderstanding around the term "bourgeois." The female character perceives it as a negative term associated with materialistic desires like engagement rings and starting a family, which do not appeal to her. This reflects a broader theme of differing values in relationships.

As the male character passionately critiques these bourgeois ideals, it momentarily leads the female to wonder if he...

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Funny Girl

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Nick Hornby

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It didn't help, reminding herself that if she were back in Blackpool she'd spend the afternoon aching to be in London. It just made her feel that she'd never be happy anywhere.

you had to do, it seemed, was ask for an inferior version of the life you'd had before and London would give it to you.

If, during his engagement to Edith, someone had tried to explain how lonely marriage could be, he wouldn't have believed it.

You were going to take me bikini shopping?" "Not me, dear. Patsy. I'm not interested in looking at curvy young women in bikinis. I'm deeply in love with my wife and I'm only interested in money.

She was so clever, Dennis thought, and so kind, and he found the familiar gloom descend upon him.

He was beginning to wonder whether June's facility, and their shared interest, might serve them better in the long run than a passionate sexual relationship that would eventually die on them.

All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.

All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.

Race of Cain, ascend to heaven, And cast God down upon the earth!

Race of Cain, ascend to heaven, And cast God down upon the earth!

"Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army," says the minister. "Now he marches with the angels."

"Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army," says the minister. "Now he marches with the angels."

For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.

For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.

I don't have anything against God. Far from it. But I don't understand Him. And I don't trust a lot of the people that go around claiming that they're working in His best interests.

I don't have anything against God. Far from it. But I don't understand Him. And I don't trust a lot of the people that go around claiming that they're working in His best interests.

Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book. Or maybe you like to eat alone in restaurants and could do without the pitying looks from fellow diners. Or you're told that you're "in your head too much," a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Of course, there's another word for such people: thinkers.