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Betty Smith: There's a tree...

Betty Smith: There's a tree...

There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it...

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Johanna Spyri: Then at last...

Johanna Spyri: Then at last...

Then at last the grandmother spoke, Heidi, read me one of the hymns! I can feel I can do nothing for the remainder of...

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Wilfrid Sheed: I picked up...

Wilfrid Sheed: I picked up...

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find.

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Don Delillo: If I were...

Don Delillo: If I were...

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a...

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Lawrence Durrell: Like all young...

Lawrence Durrell: Like all young...

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

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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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Ronald Firbank: It is said,...

Ronald Firbank: It is said,...

It is said, I believe, that to behold the Englishman at his best one should watch him play...

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Graham Henry Greene: Heresy is another...

Graham Henry Greene: Heresy is another...

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Source: From Ashleys collection of...

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Lawana Blackwell: It isn't kind...

Lawana Blackwell: It isn't kind...

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

Source:...

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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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Edward Hoagland: In order to...

Edward Hoagland: In order to...

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open...

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Edward Hoagland: Many people have...

Edward Hoagland: Many people have...

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

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Sir Walter Besant: A man of...

Sir Walter Besant: A man of...

A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral...

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Alex Haley: I acknowledge immense...

Alex Haley: I acknowledge immense...

I acknowledge immense debt to the griots [tribal poets] of Africa -- where today it is rightly said that when a griot...

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Alex Haley: My fondest hope...

Alex Haley: My fondest hope...

My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. ...

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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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Toni Morrison: As you enter...

Toni Morrison: As you enter...

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

Source:...

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Don Delillo: One connection I...

Don Delillo: One connection I...

One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter...

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John Oliver Killens: Life is a...

John Oliver Killens: Life is a...

Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.

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