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Joyce Cary: [The] world [is]...

Joyce Cary: [The] world [is]...

[The] world [is] in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: People who have...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: People who have...

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

Source: In...

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Kathleen Norris: Life is easier...

Kathleen Norris: Life is easier...

Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and...

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Kathleen Norris: In spite of...

Kathleen Norris: In spite of...

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Daphne DuMaurier: She could not...

Daphne DuMaurier: She could not...

She could not separate success from peace of mind. The two must go together.

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Grace Metalious: Didn't you ever...

Grace Metalious: Didn't you ever...

Didn't you ever notice how it's always people who wish they had somethin' or had done somethin' that hate the...

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Grace Metalious: I looked into...

Grace Metalious: I looked into...

I looked into that empty bottle and I saw myself.

Source: On her bout with...

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Barbara Cartland: As long as...

Barbara Cartland: As long as...

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

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J G Ballard: Pop artists deal...

J G Ballard: Pop artists deal...

Pop artists deal with the lowly trivia of possessions and equipment that the present generation is lugging along with...

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John Fowles: The supposed great...

John Fowles: The supposed great...

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

Source: The French...

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George Eliot: Tis God gives...

George Eliot: Tis God gives...

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without...

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John Steinbeck: I am impelled,...

John Steinbeck: I am impelled,...

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my...

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S J Perelman: A dreary industrial...

S J Perelman: A dreary industrial...

A dreary industrial town controlled by hoodlums of enormous wealth, the ethical sense of a pack of jackals and taste...

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Ernest Bramah: One cannot live...

Ernest Bramah: One cannot live...

One cannot live for ever by ignoring the price of coffins.

Source: Kai Lung Unrolls...

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Publilius Syrus: Some remedies are...

Publilius Syrus: Some remedies are...

Some remedies are worse than the diseases.

Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary,...

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Frederick Douglass: The mind does...

Frederick Douglass: The mind does...

The mind does not take its complexion from the skin....

Source: In Famous Black...

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Frederick Douglass: Men may not...

Frederick Douglass: Men may not...

Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they...

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E M Forster: [The Englishman] has...

E M Forster: [The Englishman] has...

[The Englishman] has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or...

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E M Forster: Logic! Good...

E M Forster: Logic! Good...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish! How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

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