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Christopher Morley: My theology, briefly,...

Christopher Morley: My theology, briefly,...

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

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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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Alexandra Ripley: Books have become...

Alexandra Ripley: Books have become...

Books have become products like cereal or perfume or deodorant.

Source: In...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

The question was not how to get a job, but how to live by such jobs as I could get.

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Grace Metalious: Even Tom Sawyer...

Grace Metalious: Even Tom Sawyer...

Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend . . .

Source: Defending Peyton Place, NY Mirror, 6...

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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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S J Perelman: I've got Bright's...

S J Perelman: I've got Bright's...

I've got Bright's disease and he's got mine.

Source: Attributed.
-- S J...

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Ernest Hemingway: Never mistake motion...

Ernest Hemingway: Never mistake motion...

Never mistake motion for action.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said,...

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Italo Calvino: The human race...

Italo Calvino: The human race...

The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.

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Frederick Douglass: Slaves were expected...

Frederick Douglass: Slaves were expected...

Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or...

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Frederick Douglass: We are one,...

Frederick Douglass: We are one,...

We are one, our cause is one, and we must help each other; if we are to succeed.

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P D James: Jealousy, he thought,...

P D James: Jealousy, he thought,...

Jealousy, he thought, was as physical as fear; the same dryness of the mouth, the thudding heart, the restlessness...

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Dorothy Gilman: If something anticipated...

Dorothy Gilman: If something anticipated...

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel -- nothing at...

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P D James: There comes a...

P D James: There comes a...

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

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Madeleine L'Engle: It's a good...

Madeleine L'Engle: It's a good...

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock...

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J G Ballard: Hell is out...

J G Ballard: Hell is out...

Hell is out of fashion --institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private...

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John Steinbeck: I hold that...

John Steinbeck: I hold that...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any...

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John Steinbeck: The discipline of...

John Steinbeck: The discipline of...

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

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George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the...

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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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