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Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Yes I have a pair of eyes,' replied Sam, 'and that's just it. If they was a pair o' patent double million magnifyin'...

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Charles Dickens: Grief never mended...

Charles Dickens: Grief never mended...

Grief never mended no broken bones, and as good people's wery scarce, what I says is, make the most on...

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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: 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.

Source:...

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Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Bureacracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

Source:...

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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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