# Quote — Paul Bowles, Up Above the World

> Dr Slade went in to lunch in a state of desperate boredom tempered with resentment; it had shaken him a little to see how bad luck could be prolonged to such unlikely lengths.

- Author: [Paul Bowles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paul-bowles.md)
- Book: [Up Above the World](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paul-bowles/up-above-the-world.md)
- Page: 23
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