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Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Margery Allingham: In common with...

Margery Allingham: In common with...

In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had given away all...

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Jack London: You can't wait...

Jack London: You can't wait...

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Source: In The...

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Arnold Bennett: There can be...

Arnold Bennett: There can be...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not...

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Arnold Bennett: It is easier...

Arnold Bennett: It is easier...

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

Source:...

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Gustave Flaubert: Judge the goodness...

Gustave Flaubert: Judge the goodness...

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. . . I believe the greatest characteristic...

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Harper Lee: Real courage is...

Harper Lee: Real courage is...

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter...

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James Michener: The permanent temptation...

James Michener: The permanent temptation...

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are...

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Upton Sinclair: All truly great...

Upton Sinclair: All truly great...

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all...

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Thomas Wolfe: A young man...

Thomas Wolfe: A young man...

A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use...

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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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Laurence Sterne: Nothing is so...

Laurence Sterne: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Source: Tristram...

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William Makepeace Thackeray: The world is...

William Makepeace Thackeray: The world is...

The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it and it will in...

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William Makepeace Thackeray: Attacking is the...

William Makepeace Thackeray: Attacking is the...

Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it...

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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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Edna Ferber: I think that...

Edna Ferber: I think that...

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike,...

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Elie Wiesel: Writing is not...

Elie Wiesel: Writing is not...

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more...

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Leo Rosten: A writer writes...

Leo Rosten: A writer writes...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to...

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Leo Rosten: If you're going...

Leo Rosten: If you're going...

If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Margaret Mitchell: My pet, the...

Margaret Mitchell: My pet, the...

My pet, the world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own...

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