Ignatov: "...History has shown charm to be the final ambition of the leisure class. What I do find surprising is that the author of the poem in question could have become a man so obviously without purpose. "Rostov: "I have lived under the impression that a man's purpose is known only to God."Ignatov: "Indeed. How convenient that must have been for you.
-Amor Towles
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