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Charles Dickens: It couldn't exist...

Charles Dickens: It couldn't exist...

It couldn't exist without allonging and marshonging to something or other.

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Charles Dickens: He had used...

Charles Dickens: He had used...

He had used the word in its Pickwickian sense.

Source: (Mr Blotton) Pickwick...

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Charles Dickens: It is sometimes...

Charles Dickens: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of...

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Margaret Atwood: A word after...

Margaret Atwood: A word after...

A word after a word after a word is power.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jane Austen: Everybody has their...

Jane Austen: Everybody has their...

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.

Source: In 2,715...

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Jane Austen: If it was...

Jane Austen: If it was...

'If it was not for the entail I should not mind it.' `What should not you mind?' `I should not mind anything at all.'...

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Jane Austen: An engaged woman...

Jane Austen: An engaged woman...

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and...

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Jane Austen: It is always...

Jane Austen: It is always...

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of...

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Jane Austen: One half of...

Jane Austen: One half of...

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: Emma,...

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Jane Austen: The sooner every...

Jane Austen: The sooner every...

The sooner every party breaks up the better.

Source: Emma, Ch. 25
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James Allen: To desire is...

James Allen: To desire is...

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Richard Bach: Argue for your...

Richard Bach: Argue for your...

Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.

Source: In Webster's...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Sometimes idiosyncrasies which...

Madeleine L'Engle: Sometimes idiosyncrasies which...

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has...

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J G Ballard: A car crash...

J G Ballard: A car crash...

A car crash harnesses elements of eroticism, aggression, desire, speed, drama, kinaesthetic factors, the stylizing of...

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J G Ballard: Given that external...

J G Ballard: Given that external...

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the...

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Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up...

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Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...

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Marquis de Sade: Are wars. ....

Marquis de Sade: Are wars. ....

Are wars. . . anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is...

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Marquis de Sade: It is only...

Marquis de Sade: It is only...

It is only by enlarging the scope of one's tastes and one's fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that...

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Graham Henry Greene: Of course, before...

Graham Henry Greene: Of course, before...

Of course, before we know he is a saint, there will have to be miracles.

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