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Mary McCarthy: Labor is work...

Mary McCarthy: Labor is work...

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field,...

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Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think,...

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Charles Dickens: What a world...

Charles Dickens: What a world...

What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it!

Source: (Miss Mowcher)...

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Charles Dickens: A literary man...

Charles Dickens: A literary man...

A literary man - with a wooden leg.

Source: (Mr Boffin on Silas Wegg) Our Mutual...

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Charles Dickens: He's tough, ma'am,...

Charles Dickens: He's tough, ma'am,...

He's tough, ma'am, tough, is J. B. Tough and devilish sly!

Source: (Major Bagstock)...

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Charles Dickens: When he has...

Charles Dickens: When he has...

When he has learnt that bottinney means a knowledge of plants, he goes and knows 'em. That's our system, Nickleby;...

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Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Oh Sammy, Sammy, vy worn't there a alleybi!

Source: (Mr Weller) Pickwick Papers,...

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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.

Source:...

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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: The sooner every...

Jane Austen: The sooner every...

The sooner every party breaks up the better.

Source: Emma, Ch. 25
-- Jane...

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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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