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Marguerite Duras: No other human...

Marguerite Duras: No other human...

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the...

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Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

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Jack London: I write for...

Jack London: I write for...

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than...

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Jack London: If cash comes...

Jack London: If cash comes...

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Source:...

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Henry Fielding: There is perhaps...

Henry Fielding: There is perhaps...

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we...

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Edna Ferber: Life can't ever...

Edna Ferber: Life can't ever...

Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death --...

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Elie Wiesel: That is my...

Elie Wiesel: That is my...

That is my major preoccupation --memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify...

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Vicki Baum: What I like...

Vicki Baum: What I like...

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and...

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Knut Hamsun: The writer must...

Knut Hamsun: The writer must...

The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the...

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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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Emily Bronte: Love is like...

Emily Bronte: Love is like...

Love is like the wild-rose briar;
Friendship is like the holly-tree.
The holly is dark when the rose briar...

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Nadine Gordimer: Responsibility is what...

Nadine Gordimer: Responsibility is what...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity

Source: The Essential...

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Toni Morrison: Bryn Mawr had...

Toni Morrison: Bryn Mawr had...

Bryn Mawr had done what a four-year dose of liberal education was designed to do: unfit her for eighty per cent of...

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Toni Morrison: And like any...

Toni Morrison: And like any...

And like any artist with no art form, she became dangerous.

Source: Sula,...

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Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

To children childhood holds no particular advantage.

Source: Hands Full of Loving,...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an...

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Queen Victoria: I would venture...

Queen Victoria: I would venture...

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little...

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Queen Victoria: The important thing...

Queen Victoria: The important thing...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Source:...

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Arthur Wellesley: Next to a...

Arthur Wellesley: Next to a...

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

Source: In...

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Svetlana Alliluyeva: He is gone,...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: He is gone,...

He is gone, but his shadow still stands over all of us. It still dictates to us and we, very often,...

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