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Madeleine L'Engle: Conversion for me...

Madeleine L'Engle: Conversion for me...

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I do not...

Madeleine L'Engle: I do not...

I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, This is what I believe. Finished. What I believe is...

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J G Ballard: The car as...

J G Ballard: The car as...

The car as we know it is on the way out. To a large extent, I deplore its passing, for as a basically old-fashioned...

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John Steinbeck: People need responsibility....

John Steinbeck: People need responsibility....

People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.

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John Steinbeck: The discipline of...

John Steinbeck: The discipline of...

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Source:...

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Evelyn Waugh: Punctuality is the...

Evelyn Waugh: Punctuality is the...

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Source: The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, 26 Mar...

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Louisa May Alcott: Money is the...

Louisa May Alcott: Money is the...

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can...

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P G Wodehouse: I pressed down...

P G Wodehouse: I pressed down...

I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea.

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Jean Paul: The child is...

Jean Paul: The child is...

The child is not to be educated for the present, but for the remote future, and often is opposition to the immediate...

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James Thurber: It is better...

James Thurber: It is better...

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

Source:...

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James Thurber: Art -- the...

James Thurber: Art -- the...

Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well...

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James Thurber: Well, if I...

James Thurber: Well, if I...

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Source: Cartoon...

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James Thurber: The sanity of...

James Thurber: The sanity of...

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to...

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Christopher Morley: Read, every day,...

Christopher Morley: Read, every day,...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day,...

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George Eliot: It is a...

George Eliot: It is a...

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his...

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Thomas Wolfe: Loneliness is the...

Thomas Wolfe: Loneliness is the...

Loneliness is the central and inevitable experience of every man.

Source: In...

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Thomas Wolfe: Not even the...

Thomas Wolfe: Not even the...

Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new...

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Thomas Wolfe: The surest cure...

Thomas Wolfe: The surest cure...

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jane Austen: Business, you know,...

Jane Austen: Business, you know,...

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Source: Emma,...

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Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a...

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