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Emmuska Orczy: We seek him...

Emmuska Orczy: We seek him...

We seek him here, we seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven? - Is he in...

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Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

It's a nervous work. The state that you need to write is the state that others are paying large sums to get rid...

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Nella Larsen: It was ....

Nella Larsen: It was ....

It was . . . enough to suffer as a woman, an individual, on one's own account, without having to suffer for the race...

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Lawrence Durrell: I'm trying to...

Lawrence Durrell: I'm trying to...

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

Source: Sunday...

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William Gilmore Simms: Neither praise or...

William Gilmore Simms: Neither praise or...

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to...

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Umberto Eco: A dream is...

Umberto Eco: A dream is...

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

Source: Brother...

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Clive Barker: Be regular and...

Clive Barker: Be regular and...

Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.

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E M Forster: Faith, to my...

E M Forster: Faith, to my...

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as...

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E M Forster: Creative writers are...

E M Forster: Creative writers are...

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Source:...

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Anthony Burgess: Americans will listen,...

Anthony Burgess: Americans will listen,...

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which...

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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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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A great writer...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A great writer...

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great...

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Thomas Wolfe: A young man...

Thomas Wolfe: A young man...

A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use...

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Chinua Achebe: When suffering knocks...

Chinua Achebe: When suffering knocks...

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other...

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Tillie Olsen: There are worse...

Tillie Olsen: There are worse...

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

Source: In Words...

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Anna Sewell: Now I say...

Anna Sewell: Now I say...

Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see...

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J G Ballard: Science and technology...

J G Ballard: Science and technology...

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and...

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J G Ballard: In a completely...

J G Ballard: In a completely...

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!

Source: Interview, 30 Oct....

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John Steinbeck: I am impelled,...

John Steinbeck: I am impelled,...

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my...

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