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Kate Seredy: [My stories were]...

Kate Seredy: [My stories were]...

[My stories were] an excuse for making pictures.

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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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Margery Allingham: When the habitually...

Margery Allingham: When the habitually...

When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the...

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Herman Melville: An utterly fearless...

Herman Melville: An utterly fearless...

An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

Source: In...

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Arnold Bennett: In search of...

Arnold Bennett: In search of...

In search of ideas I spent yesterday morning in walking about, and went to the stores and bought things in four...

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Arnold Bennett: To the artist...

Arnold Bennett: To the artist...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash,...

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Frank Norris: I never truckled;...

Frank Norris: I never truckled;...

I never truckled; I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. By God, I told them the...

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Henry Fielding: In reality, the...

Henry Fielding: In reality, the...

In reality, the world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater...

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George MacDonald: Anything large enough...

George MacDonald: Anything large enough...

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.

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Peter Abrahams: To get where...

Peter Abrahams: To get where...

To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like.

Source: Tell Freedom,...

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Vicki Baum: You don't get...

Vicki Baum: You don't get...

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

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Joyce Cary: The will is...

Joyce Cary: The will is...

The will is never free --it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car -- it can't...

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Leo Rosten: Words must surely...

Leo Rosten: Words must surely...

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

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Tillie Olsen: I know that...

Tillie Olsen: I know that...

I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who...

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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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Gertrude Stein: One does not...

Gertrude Stein: One does not...

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

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Djuna Barnes: A strong sense...

Djuna Barnes: A strong sense...

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the...

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Djuna Barnes: She wanted to...

Djuna Barnes: She wanted to...

She wanted to be the reason for everything and so she was the cause of nothing.

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George Ade: The time to...

George Ade: The time to...

The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack.

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William H Gass: The speeding reader...

William H Gass: The speeding reader...

The speeding reader guts a book the way the skillful clean fish. The gills are gone, the tail, the scales, the fins;...

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