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He was slight, smooth-skinned, shy-mannered, and wore the gold chain of a Foreteller, one of the Celibates, “I’m a friend of one who befriended you,” he said, with the brusqueness of the timid.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

When Celibates appeared, Henry Harland said that Mildred Lawson was worthy of Flaubert if it had been written in good English, which is a manifest epigram.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

Looking back over the twenty years since "Celibates" was first published I find that the George Moore of the earlier year is the George Moore of to-day.

From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)

That is what George Moore has done in "Celibates" and that is why I say he is an artist.

From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)

"Celibates" consists of three stories—two of women and one of a man.

From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)