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It is impossible...

It is impossible...

It is impossible to pretend that you are not heir to, and therefore, however inadequately or unwillingly, responsible...

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Violent antipathies are...

Violent antipathies are...

Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.

Source:...

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We talk little...

We talk little...

We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.

Source: In

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EJECTION, n. An...

EJECTION, n. An...

EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme...

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I can see,...

I can see,...

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made...

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Where's the man...

Where's the man...

Where's the man could ease a heart,
Like a satin gown?


Source: The Satin Dress,...

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One set of...

One set of...

One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse...

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Much of modern...

Much of modern...

Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we...

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The love of...

The love of...

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and...

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The taste for...

The taste for...

The taste for quotations (and for the juxtaposition of incongruous quotations) is a Surrealist...

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Judith Rossner: So often I...

Judith Rossner: So often I...

So often I heard people paying blind obeisance to change as though it had some virtue of its own. Change or we will...

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Harry Crews: God love the...

Harry Crews: God love the...

God love the car. It has shown the naked heart that lives in all of us. Man invented the car but the car -- out of...

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George Eliot: A difference of...

George Eliot: A difference of...

A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Source: Daniel...

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George Ade: After being turned...

George Ade: After being turned...

After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.

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P D James: God gives every...

P D James: God gives every...

God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.

Source:...

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Dorothy Gilman: The best things...

Dorothy Gilman: The best things...

The best things arrive on time.

Source: A New Kind of Country, 1978.
-- Dorothy...

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Richard Bach: What the caterpillar...

Richard Bach: What the caterpillar...

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

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Djuna Barnes: Life, the permission...

Djuna Barnes: Life, the permission...

Life, the permission to know death.

Source: Nightwood/ 1937
-- Djuna Barnes,...

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George MacDonald: The best preparation...

George MacDonald: The best preparation...

The best preparation for the future, is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: My youth is...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: My youth is...

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

Source: A Heritage and...

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