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George Meredith: Cynicism is intellectual...

George Meredith: Cynicism is intellectual...

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb's feathers.

Source: Clara...

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Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

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Henry Miller: The world itself...

Henry Miller: The world itself...

The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of...

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Malcolm Bradbury: If God had...

Malcolm Bradbury: If God had...

If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had 10 Commandments. We'd have had The 10...

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Djuna Barnes: Life, the permission...

Djuna Barnes: Life, the permission...

Life, the permission to know death.

Source: Nightwood/ 1937
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Douglas Coupland: If nothing else,...

Douglas Coupland: If nothing else,...

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

Source: In Collection of...

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George Eliot: Blessed is the...

George Eliot: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of that...

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William Makepeace Thackeray: The most engaging...

William Makepeace Thackeray: The most engaging...

The most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things...

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Peter Abrahams: You can't walk...

Peter Abrahams: You can't walk...

You can't walk alone, Many have given the illusion but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each...

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Margaret Mitchell: I was never...

Margaret Mitchell: I was never...

I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended...

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Judith Guest: People who keep...

Judith Guest: People who keep...

People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: Coercion. The unpardonable...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: Coercion. The unpardonable...

Coercion. The unpardonable crime.

Source: Pilgrimage, Vol. IV, Ch. 9, 1938.
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Charles Reade: Sow an act...

Charles Reade: Sow an act...

Sow an act and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit and you reap a character.
Sow a character and you reap a...

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Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

After you've written about something once, though, it's very dangerous to try and do it again. The original story was...

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Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Source:...

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William Styron: They are the...

William Styron: They are the...

They are the constants of life, at the core of life, along with nice little delights that come along every now and...

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Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Patterning your life around other?s opinions is nothing more than slavery.

Source:...

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E M Forster: Unless we remember...

E M Forster: Unless we remember...

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Toni Morrison: If there's a...

Toni Morrison: If there's a...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write...

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Jane Austen: Those who do...

Jane Austen: Those who do...

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride & Prejudice, 1813.
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