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Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

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George Meredith: Sentimentalists are they...

George Meredith: Sentimentalists are they...

Sentimentalists are they who seek to enjoy without incurring the Immense Debtorship for a thing...

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Sholem Asch: The heathen spirit...

Sholem Asch: The heathen spirit...

The heathen spirit is wingless. It cannot lift itself to heights from which the totality of being is visible, and it...

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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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Vicki Baum: What I like...

Vicki Baum: What I like...

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and...

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Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

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Leo Rosten: Words must surely...

Leo Rosten: Words must surely...

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

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Emily Bronte: Love is like...

Emily Bronte: Love is like...

Love is like the wild-rose briar;
Friendship is like the holly-tree.
The holly is dark when the rose briar...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an...

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Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind . . .

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Lois McMaster Bujold: Reputation is what...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Reputation is what...

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

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Arnold Bennett: Always behave as...

Arnold Bennett: Always behave as...

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

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Hugh Walpole: Foolish writers and...

Hugh Walpole: Foolish writers and...

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and...

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Hugh Walpole: All paraphrases and...

Hugh Walpole: All paraphrases and...

All paraphrases and expletives are so much in disuse that soon the only way of making love will be to say, Lie...

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Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

I can't see anythin, ter be glad about -- gettin, a pair of crutches when you wanted a doll! . . .
Goosey! Why,...

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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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Judith Rossner: He always said...

Judith Rossner: He always said...

He always said she was smart, but their conversations were a mined field in which at any moment she might make the...

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Judith Rossner: A lie was...

Judith Rossner: A lie was...

A lie was something that hadn't happened but might just as well have.

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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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