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Anthony Burgess: Laugh and the...

Anthony Burgess: Laugh and the...

Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.

Source: Inside Mr....

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Charles Dickens: Dollars! All their...

Charles Dickens: Dollars! All their...

Dollars! All their cares, hopes, joys, affections, virtues, and associations seemed to be melted down into dollars....

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Charles Dickens: Oh gracious, why...

Charles Dickens: Oh gracious, why...

Oh gracious, why wasn't I born old and ugly?

Source: (Miss Miggs) Barnaby Rudge,...

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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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Charles Dickens: Literature should stand...

Charles Dickens: Literature should stand...

Literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.

Source: In Webster's...

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E M Forster: Happiness in the...

E M Forster: Happiness in the...

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true...

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Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in...

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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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Salman Rushdie: Literature is where...

Salman Rushdie: Literature is where...

Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I...

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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: Good books, like...

Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

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Louisa May Alcott: I am not...

Louisa May Alcott: I am not...

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Source:
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John Fowles: Duty largely consists...

John Fowles: Duty largely consists...

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Source: The...

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John Fowles: You are like...

John Fowles: You are like...

You are like a porcupine. When the animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to...

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P G Wodehouse: The Right Hon....

P G Wodehouse: The Right Hon....

The Right Hon. was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say...

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P G Wodehouse: He felt like...

P G Wodehouse: He felt like...

He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the...

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P G Wodehouse: New York is...

P G Wodehouse: New York is...

New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to...

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James Thurber: The paths of...

James Thurber: The paths of...

The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you...

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Christopher Morley: God made man...

Christopher Morley: God made man...

God made man merely to hear some praise
Of what he'd done on those Five Days.


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