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Helen Hunt Jackson: Now and then...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Now and then...

Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if...

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Djuna Barnes: New York is...

Djuna Barnes: New York is...

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical...

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James Joyce: The artist, like...

James Joyce: The artist, like...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible,...

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Robert Graves: A well chosen...

Robert Graves: A well chosen...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as...

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Robert Graves: As for the...

Robert Graves: As for the...

As for the Freudian, it is a very low, Central European sort of humour.

Source:...

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Muriel Spark: Be on the...

Muriel Spark: Be on the...

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Injections. . ....

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Injections. . ....

Injections. . . are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Justice. . ....

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Justice. . ....

Justice. . . limps along, but it gets there all the same.

Source: Guardiola, in In...

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Anne Tyler: While armchair travelers...

Anne Tyler: While armchair travelers...

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

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Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Surviving meant being born over and over.

Source:
-- Erica Jong, (Mar 26...

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George Moore: Reality can destroy...

George Moore: Reality can destroy...

Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?

Source: In...

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George Moore: A literary movement...

George Moore: A literary movement...

A literary movement consists of five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other...

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Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.

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Kate Seredy: [My stories were]...

Kate Seredy: [My stories were]...

[My stories were] an excuse for making pictures.

Source:...

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Tom Sharpe: His had been...

Tom Sharpe: His had been...

His had been an intellectual decision founded on his conviction that if a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a...

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Jean Genet: Anyone who knows...

Jean Genet: Anyone who knows...

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Source: Prisoner of...

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Thomas E Dewey: The law is...

Thomas E Dewey: The law is...

The law is bigger than money - but only if the law works hard enough.

Source: In...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: I sometimes give...

Mary Wortley Montagu: I sometimes give...

I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Life is too...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Life is too...

Life is too short for a long story.

Source: Letter, 19 Jul 1759; in Selected...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Be plain in...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Be plain in...

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me and be quiet.

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