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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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Arnold Bennett: All wrong doing...

Arnold Bennett: All wrong doing...

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.

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George Ade: It isn't how...

George Ade: It isn't how...

It isn't how long you stick around but what you put over while you are here.

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P D James: It was not...

P D James: It was not...

It was not . . . that she was unaware of the frayed and ragged edges of life. She would merely iron them out with a...

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Dorothy Gilman: A man from...

Dorothy Gilman: A man from...

A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.

Source: Incident at Badamaya,...

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Herman Melville: For whatever is...

Herman Melville: For whatever is...

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.

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Jean Paul Richter: A timid person...

Jean Paul Richter: A timid person...

A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person...

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Louisa May Alcott: A little kingdom...

Louisa May Alcott: A little kingdom...

A little kingdom I possess,
Where thoughts and feelings dwell;
And very hard the task I find
Of governing it...

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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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Alexander Woollcott: There is no...

Alexander Woollcott: There is no...

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

Source: In The...

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Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time...

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Alexander Woollcott: All the things...

Alexander Woollcott: All the things...

All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening.

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Stendhal: The man of...

Stendhal: The man of...

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high...

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Sholem Asch: It has been...

Sholem Asch: It has been...

It has been said that writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

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George MacDonald: The best preparation...

George MacDonald: The best preparation...

The best preparation for the future, is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

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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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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Real life seems to have no plot.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Toni Morrison: The ability of...

Toni Morrison: The ability of...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: It is not...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: It is not...

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties,...

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Judith Guest: And if you...

Judith Guest: And if you...

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty,...

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