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Henry David Thoreau: When I hear...

Henry David Thoreau: When I hear...

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the...

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Thomas Carlyle: Oblivion is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Oblivion is the...

Oblivion is the dark page whereon memory writes her light-beam characters; were it all light, nothing could be read...

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Abraham Maslow: I have learned...

Abraham Maslow: I have learned...

I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of...

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George Moore: Faith goes out...

George Moore: Faith goes out...

Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.

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Kate Seredy: There are hurts...

Kate Seredy: There are hurts...

There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.

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Max Frisch: It's precisely the...

Max Frisch: It's precisely the...

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true...

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Henry David Thoreau: Water is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Water is the...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

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Honore de Balzac: In diving to...

Honore de Balzac: In diving to...

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Source: In...

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Gore Vidal: Each writer is...

Gore Vidal: Each writer is...

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players, and Tennessee Williams...

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Lillian Smith: Faith and doubt...

Lillian Smith: Faith and doubt...

Faith and doubt both are needed -- not as antagonists, but working side by side -- to take us around the unknown...

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Daisy Ashford: I am parshial...

Daisy Ashford: I am parshial...

I am parshial [sic] to ladies if they are nice. I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would...

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J G Ballard: Everything is becoming...

J G Ballard: Everything is becoming...

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact...

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Emmuska Orczy: I sometimes wish...

Emmuska Orczy: I sometimes wish...

I sometimes wish you had not so many lofty virtues.... I assure you little sins are far less dangerous and...

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Wilfrid Sheed: Mr Michener, as...

Wilfrid Sheed: Mr Michener, as...

Mr Michener, as timeless as a stack of National Geographics, is the ultimate Summer Writer. Just as one goes back to...

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Lawrence Durrell: Journeys, like artists,...

Lawrence Durrell: Journeys, like artists,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them...

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Harry Crews: There is something...

Harry Crews: There is something...

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed...

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Mordecai Richler: Remember this, Griffin....

Mordecai Richler: Remember this, Griffin....

Remember this, Griffin. The revolution eats its own. Capitalism recreates itself.

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Ronald Firbank: To be sympathetic...

Ronald Firbank: To be sympathetic...

To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating.

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Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A father can only ride beside the bicycle or...

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Lawana Blackwell: Propriety was a...

Lawana Blackwell: Propriety was a...

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling...

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