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John Henry Newman: From the age...

John Henry Newman: From the age...

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot...

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His sayings are...

His sayings are...

His sayings are generally like women's letters; all the pith is in the postcript.

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There are few...

There are few...

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the...

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IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable...

IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable...

IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy or...

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OBLIVION, n. Cold...

OBLIVION, n. Cold...

OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their...

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George Halas: Nothing is work...

George Halas: Nothing is work...

Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

Source: In Reader's...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Sir Walter, with...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Sir Walter, with...

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

It is never any good dwelling on goodbyes. It is not the being together it prolongs, it is the...

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Katherine Paterson: Youth is a...

Katherine Paterson: Youth is a...

Youth is a mortal wound

Source: Jacob Have I Loved, 1980.
-- Katherine Paterson,...

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Jean Genet: Perhaps all music,...

Jean Genet: Perhaps all music,...

Perhaps all music, even the newest, is not so much something discovered as something that re-emerges from where it lay...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

She ransacked her mind but there was nothing in it.

Source: Them, pt. 1 ch. 15,...

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Ralph Ellison: The understanding of...

Ralph Ellison: The understanding of...

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human...

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Upton Sinclair: The remedy [for...

Upton Sinclair: The remedy [for...

The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce...

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Henry Fielding: Every physician almost...

Henry Fielding: Every physician almost...

Every physician almost hath his favorite disease.

Source: Tom Jones, bk. 2, ch. 9,...

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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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Chinua Achebe: A man who...

Chinua Achebe: A man who...

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

Source:...

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Amy Tan: In America nobody...

Amy Tan: In America nobody...

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

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Djuna Barnes: I'm a fart...

Djuna Barnes: I'm a fart...

I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat.

Source: Doctor, in...

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George Moore: Genius and stupidity...

George Moore: Genius and stupidity...

Genius and stupidity never stray from their respective paths; talent wanders to and fro, following every...

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