# Quote — V. S. Naipaul, Half a Life

> And whenever I saw Luis, Graça's husband, I dealt with him with a friendship that was quite genuine, since it was offered out of gratitude for Graça's love.

- Author: [V. S. Naipaul](https://www.leafyquotes.com/v-s-naipaul.md)
- Book: [Half a Life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/v-s-naipaul/half-a-life.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/v-s-naipaul/half-a-life/and-whenever-i-saw

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> I could scarcely bear to look at her eyes. They promised such intimacies.

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> Before comfort had been squeezed out of the hard land, like blood out of stone.

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