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Madeleine L'Engle: When I am...

Madeleine L'Engle: When I am...

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a...

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J G Ballard: The technological landscape...

J G Ballard: The technological landscape...

The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates --the inhabitants of marketing...

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Salman Rushdie: If you want...

Salman Rushdie: If you want...

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language....

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Evelyn Waugh: I came to...

Evelyn Waugh: I came to...

I came to the conclusion many years ago that almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic...

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Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Source: Decline and...

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Evelyn Waugh: I expect you'll...

Evelyn Waugh: I expect you'll...

I expect you'll be becoming a schoolmaster sir. That's what most of the gentlemen does sir, that gets sent down for...

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Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: His mother had...

Lois McMaster Bujold: His mother had...

His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized...

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George Eliot: Our deeds determine...

George Eliot: Our deeds determine...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Source: Adam Bede,...

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Richard Bach: Two things I...

Richard Bach: Two things I...

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem to be on anyone else's list. I felt like...

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Edward Dahlberg: Intellectual sodomy, which...

Edward Dahlberg: Intellectual sodomy, which...

Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as...

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Edward Dahlberg: Ambition is a...

Edward Dahlberg: Ambition is a...

Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is...

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Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There an't much credit in...

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Charles Dickens: I revere the...

Charles Dickens: I revere the...

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and...

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Jane Austen: But Shakespeare one...

Jane Austen: But Shakespeare one...

But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His...

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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: Surprises are foolish...

Jane Austen: Surprises are foolish...

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often...

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Jane Austen: You mistake me,...

Jane Austen: You mistake me,...

You mistake me, my dear. I have a high repect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them...

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Jane Austen: The post-office had...

Jane Austen: The post-office had...

The post-office had a great charm at one period of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think...

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Elie Wiesel: We have to...

Elie Wiesel: We have to...

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something...

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