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Mary Roberts Rinehart: Men deceive themselves;...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: Men deceive themselves;...

Men deceive themselves; they look back on the children who were once themselves, and attempt to reconstruct them. But...

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Enid Bagnold: Dead news like...

Enid Bagnold: Dead news like...

Dead news like dead love has no phoenix in its ashes.

Source: National Velvet/...

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George Meredith: Cynicism is intellectual...

George Meredith: Cynicism is intellectual...

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb's feathers.

Source: Clara...

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Jack Kerouac: No man should...

Jack Kerouac: No man should...

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding...

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John Sterling: Colors answer feeling...

John Sterling: Colors answer feeling...

Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

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Thomas Love Peacock: There are two...

Thomas Love Peacock: There are two...

There are two reasons for drinking; one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to...

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Grace Metalious: . ....

Grace Metalious: . ....

. . . to talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without...

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J G Ballard: The marriage of...

J G Ballard: The marriage of...

The marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous...

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Charles Reade: The joys we...

Charles Reade: The joys we...

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

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Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

You mischievous child! she cried, in great excitement. What are you thinking of? Why have you taken everything off?...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: [T]he House of...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: [T]he House of...

[T]he House of Maidens was for little girls whose whole duty in life was to spill things, break things, and forget...

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Jean Ingelow: You Moon! Have...

Jean Ingelow: You Moon! Have...

You Moon! Have you done something wrong in heaven,
That God has hidden your face?


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Shirley Hazzard: [C]hronological prestige is...

Shirley Hazzard: [C]hronological prestige is...

[C]hronological prestige is tenacious: once attained, it can't be shed; it increased moment by moment, day by day,...

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Don Delillo: If I were...

Don Delillo: If I were...

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a...

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Umberto Eco: The good of...

Umberto Eco: The good of...

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn...

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Sholem Asch: The sword conquered...

Sholem Asch: The sword conquered...

The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers forever!

Source: In...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: If you wish...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: If you wish...

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man . . .you will get better results if you just watch...

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Saul Bellow: Any artist should...

Saul Bellow: Any artist should...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason...

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Richard Bach: The more I...

Richard Bach: The more I...

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Source: Illusions:...

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Edward Westcott: The only man...

Edward Westcott: The only man...

The only man who can change his mind is a man that's got one.

Source: In Quote Disk...

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