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Anne Bronte: But he that...

Anne Bronte: But he that...

But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.


Source: The...

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Anne Bronte: I would not...

Anne Bronte: I would not...

I would not send a poor girl into the world, . . . ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and...

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George Meredith: The man of...

George Meredith: The man of...

The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong.

Source: In Isaac Asimov's...

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George Meredith: Passions spin the...

George Meredith: Passions spin the...

Passions spin the plot:
We are betrayed by what is false within.


Source: Modern...

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George Meredith: Kissing don't last:...

George Meredith: Kissing don't last:...

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Source: Mrs. Berry, in The Ordeal of Richard...

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Edward Westcott: If I've done...

Edward Westcott: If I've done...

If I've done anything I'm sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven.

Source: In Rand...

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Anthony Burgess: The trouble began...

Anthony Burgess: The trouble began...

The trouble began with Forster. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six...

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Orson Scott Card: Your work is...

Orson Scott Card: Your work is...

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

There; how d'ye like that, eh? A liberal education in twelve volumes, with an index.

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Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to...

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Eleanor H Porter: Oh, yes, the...

Eleanor H Porter: Oh, yes, the...

Oh, yes, the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about -- not matter what twas, rejoined...

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Augusto Roa Bastos: Anyone who attempts...

Augusto Roa Bastos: Anyone who attempts...

Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of...

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Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

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Barbara Kingsolver: Sometimes the strength...

Barbara Kingsolver: Sometimes the strength...

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Source: In The...

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Nella Larsen: It was ....

Nella Larsen: It was ....

It was . . . enough to suffer as a woman, an individual, on one's own account, without having to suffer for the race...

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Wilfrid Sheed: Mr Michener, as...

Wilfrid Sheed: Mr Michener, as...

Mr Michener, as timeless as a stack of National Geographics, is the ultimate Summer Writer. Just as one goes back to...

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Lawrence Durrell: Music was invented...

Lawrence Durrell: Music was invented...

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Source: Clea, in Clea, ch. 1, sct....

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Harry Crews: Teaching, real teaching,...

Harry Crews: Teaching, real teaching,...

Teaching, real teaching, is -- or ought to be -- a messy business.

Source: Personal...

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Martin Amis: Weapons are like...

Martin Amis: Weapons are like...

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

Source: Einstein's...

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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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