W. W. Jacobs Quotes

But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy.

W. W. Jacobs

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• But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy.

  

  W. W. Jacobs
  • Hopeless
  • Passed
  • Resignation