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Gloria Naylor: Sometimes being a...

Gloria Naylor: Sometimes being a...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow...

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Andre Gide: The want of...

Andre Gide: The want of...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains...

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Olive Schreiner: [Finishing schools] are...

Olive Schreiner: [Finishing schools] are...

[Finishing schools] are nicely adapted machines for experimenting on the question, Into how little space a human...

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Alan Brien: The blue-rinse warbler...

Alan Brien: The blue-rinse warbler...

The blue-rinse warbler and her horn-rimmed mate are rare and overdue this year.

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Carlos Fuentes: I don't think...

Carlos Fuentes: I don't think...

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before...

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Eden Phillpotts: Faith is a...

Eden Phillpotts: Faith is a...

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind -- a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without...

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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: Ah, what a...

George Meredith: Ah, what a...

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul
When hot for certainties in this our life!


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Jane Rule: My private measure...

Jane Rule: My private measure...

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To...

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Alexander Woollcott: All the things...

Alexander Woollcott: All the things...

All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening.

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Erich Segal: This isn't a...

Erich Segal: This isn't a...

This isn't a watercolor, it's a mural.

Source: On The Class, the longest of his...

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Toni Morrison: Her mind traveled...

Toni Morrison: Her mind traveled...

Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the...

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Robert Ludlum: The typewriter is...

Robert Ludlum: The typewriter is...

The typewriter is dusted and pencils are sharpened, doors are closed and heady music is played to drown out the sounds...

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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: I can't see...

Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

I can't see anythin, ter be glad about -- gettin, a pair of crutches when you wanted a doll! . . .
Goosey! Why,...

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Eleanor H Porter: What men and...

Eleanor H Porter: What men and...

What men and women need is encouragement. . . . Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues....

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Augusto Roa Bastos: Man is an...

Augusto Roa Bastos: Man is an...

Man is an idiot. He doesn't know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without...

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Michael Crichton: Scientific power is...

Michael Crichton: Scientific power is...

Scientific power is like inherited wealth; attained without discipline. You read about what others have done, and you...

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Tom Clancy: Man is a...

Tom Clancy: Man is a...

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which believe the idea that things cannot be...

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Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass...

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