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John Oliver Killens: The Negro was...

John Oliver Killens: The Negro was...

The Negro was invented in America.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet...

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Horace Walpole: Every drop of...

Horace Walpole: Every drop of...

Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.

Source: Letter, 3 Jul 1752.
-- Horace...

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Anthony Hope: I wish you...

Anthony Hope: I wish you...

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.

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John Mortimer: All the flower...

John Mortimer: All the flower...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

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Thomas Hardy: My opinion is...

Thomas Hardy: My opinion is...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and the thought of his...

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Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

Source: In The Fourth 637 Best...

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Boris Pasternak: That's metaphysics, my...

Boris Pasternak: That's metaphysics, my...

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take...

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Boris Pasternak: At the moment...

Boris Pasternak: At the moment...

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned,...

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Boris Pasternak: Art has two...

Boris Pasternak: Art has two...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great,...

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Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

She ransacked her mind but there was nothing in it.

Source: Them, pt. 1 ch. 15,...

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George Ade: To insure peace...

George Ade: To insure peace...

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

Source: In Webster's...

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley: Sir Christopher Wren<br>Said,...

Edmund Clerihew Bentley: Sir Christopher Wren
Said,...

Sir Christopher Wren
Said, 'I am going to dine with some men.
If anybody calls
Say I am designing St...

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William Faulkner: People need trouble...

William Faulkner: People need trouble...

People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to...

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Sholem Asch: It has been...

Sholem Asch: It has been...

It has been said that writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

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Thomas Wolfe: The whole conviction...

Thomas Wolfe: The whole conviction...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious...

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George MacDonald: To have what...

George MacDonald: To have what...

To have what we want is riches; but to do without is power.

Source: In The...

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Edna Ferber: Writers should be...

Edna Ferber: Writers should be...

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

Source: From...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: Who originated that...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: Who originated that...

Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?

Source:...

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Daphne DuMaurier: All autobiography is...

Daphne DuMaurier: All autobiography is...

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

Source: Myself When Young.
-- Daphne...

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Paul Theroux: I should have...

Paul Theroux: I should have...

I should have worked just long enough to discover that I didn't like it.

Source: In...

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