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Umberto Eco: The real hero...

Umberto Eco: The real hero...

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody...

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Angus Wilson: I have no...

Angus Wilson: I have no...

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

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Clive Barker: And we'll watch...

Clive Barker: And we'll watch...

'And we'll watch and photograph you for ten years after you die, then we'll run the film.' Wouldn't that be...

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Robert Ludlum: A large part...

Robert Ludlum: A large part...

A large part of this story took place a while back. And quite a bit of it tomorrow. Such is the poetic license of...

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George Eliot: All meanings, we...

George Eliot: All meanings, we...

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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Mark Twain: What do we...

Mark Twain: What do we...

What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the...

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Charles W Chesnutt: The workings of...

Charles W Chesnutt: The workings of...

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our...

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John Oliver Killens: The Negro loves...

John Oliver Killens: The Negro loves...

The Negro loves America enough to criticize her fundamentally. Most white Americans simply can't be...

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Horace Walpole: Every drop of...

Horace Walpole: Every drop of...

Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.

Source: Letter, 3 Jul 1752.
-- Horace...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Enid Bagnold: If a dog...

Enid Bagnold: If a dog...

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your...

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Thomas Hardy: If Galileo had...

Thomas Hardy: If Galileo had...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have left him...

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James Agee: You must be...

James Agee: You must be...

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

Source:...

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Herbert Henry Asquith: Youth would be...

Herbert Henry Asquith: Youth would be...

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Source: In The...

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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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Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will...

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P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for...

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George Eliot: What a wretched...

George Eliot: What a wretched...

What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind --the uglier we get in the eyes of...

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Anthony Burgess: The unconscious mind...

Anthony Burgess: The unconscious mind...

The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.

Source: In...

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Stendhal: The shepherd always...

Stendhal: The shepherd always...

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the...

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