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Marguerite Duras: The thing that's...

Marguerite Duras: The thing that's...

The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a...

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Judith Viorst: One advantage of...

Judith Viorst: One advantage of...

One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with...

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Jane Austen: A single woman...

Jane Austen: A single woman...

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single...

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Jane Austen: If there is...

Jane Austen: If there is...

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.

Source:...

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Jane Austen: We met ....

Jane Austen: We met ....

We met . . . Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be...

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Jane Austen: Next to being...

Jane Austen: Next to being...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

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Jane Austen: She was a...

Jane Austen: She was a...

She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.

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Douglas Adams: You live and...

Douglas Adams: You live and...

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Source: From a collection of quotations...

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Jean Paul: The timid are...

Jean Paul: The timid are...

The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after...

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Jean Paul: Idleness is many...

Jean Paul: Idleness is many...

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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P G Wodehouse: New York is...

P G Wodehouse: New York is...

New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to...

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Madeleine L'Engle: When we were...

Madeleine L'Engle: When we were...

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up...

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J G Ballard: The American Dream...

J G Ballard: The American Dream...

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its...

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John Steinbeck: Somewhere in the...

John Steinbeck: Somewhere in the...

Somewhere in the world there is defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by...

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Salman Rushdie: A poet's work...

Salman Rushdie: A poet's work...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop...

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Evelyn Waugh: It is a...

Evelyn Waugh: It is a...

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of...

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Evelyn Waugh: The human mind...

Evelyn Waugh: The human mind...

The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it...

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Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which...

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John Fowles: You are like...

John Fowles: You are like...

You are like a porcupine. When the animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And...

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John Fowles: The supposed great...

John Fowles: The supposed great...

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

Source: The French...

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