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John Mortimer: All the flower...

John Mortimer: All the flower...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

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Judith Viorst: Love is much...

Judith Viorst: Love is much...

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern...

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James Agee: He used this...

James Agee: He used this...

He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things: a one-track mind near the track's end of...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

There; how d'ye like that, eh? A liberal education in twelve volumes, with an index.

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Susan Warner: There is a...

Susan Warner: There is a...

There is a world there, Winthrop, -- another sort of world -- where people know something; where other things are to...

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Eleanor H Porter: Hold up to...

Eleanor H Porter: Hold up to...

Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out . . . People radiate what is in their...

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Eleanor H Porter: What men and...

Eleanor H Porter: What men and...

What men and women need is encouragement. . . . Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues....

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Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

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Norman Douglas: To know oneself...

Norman Douglas: To know oneself...

To know oneself is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.

Source: In The...

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Harry Crews: I believe some...

Harry Crews: I believe some...

I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction.

Source: National...

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Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A father can only ride beside the bicycle or...

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Angus Wilson: The opportunities for...

Angus Wilson: The opportunities for...

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak...

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Margaret Truman: He was prouder...

Margaret Truman: He was prouder...

He was prouder still to be a member of that even more restricted group, Uncle Sam Rayburn's Board of Education the...

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Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Patterning your life around other?s opinions is nothing more than slavery.

Source:...

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Don Delillo: There's always a...

Don Delillo: There's always a...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes...

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Gore Vidal: Most writers write...

Gore Vidal: Most writers write...

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

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Theodore Dreiser: To the untraveled,...

Theodore Dreiser: To the untraveled,...

To the untraveled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating. Next to love it is the one...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to...

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Edward Hoagland: True solitude is...

Edward Hoagland: True solitude is...

True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the...

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Olive Schreiner: Everything has two...

Olive Schreiner: Everything has two...

Everything has two sides --the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.

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