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Edward Dahlberg: So much of...

Edward Dahlberg: So much of...

So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our...

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Anthony Burgess: We all need...

Anthony Burgess: We all need...

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

Source: In Face, (London),...

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Charles Dickens: I feel an...

Charles Dickens: I feel an...

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless...

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Charles Dickens: In this life...

Charles Dickens: In this life...

In this life we want nothing but facts, sir; nothing but facts.

Source: 'Hard...

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Charles Dickens: Look here. Upon...

Charles Dickens: Look here. Upon...

Look here. Upon my soul you mustn't come into the place saying you want to know, you know.

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Charles Dickens: Bah,' said Scrooge....

Charles Dickens: Bah,' said Scrooge....

Bah,' said Scrooge. Humbug!

Source: 'A Christmas Carol'
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb...

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Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

The dodgerest of the dodgers.

Source: (Mr Fledgeby) Our Mutual Friend, Bk IV. Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: Educating the natives...

Charles Dickens: Educating the natives...

Educating the natives of Borrioboola-Gha, on the left bank of the Niger.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: He has gone...

Charles Dickens: He has gone...

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

Source: (Mr Mantalini) Nicholas Nickleby,...

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Charles Dickens: He's a going...

Charles Dickens: He's a going...

He's a going out with the tide.

Source: (Mr Peggotty) David Copperfield, Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: Stranger, pause and...

Charles Dickens: Stranger, pause and...

Stranger, pause and ask thyself the question, Canst thou do likewise? If not, with a blush...

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Charles Dickens: It was a...

Charles Dickens: It was a...

It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Be aware that...

Madeleine L'Engle: Be aware that...

Be aware that rigidity imprisons.

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-- Madeleine L'Engle, (Nov 28...

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John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

Source: In diary...

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John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy...

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John Steinbeck: I hold that...

John Steinbeck: I hold that...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any...

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John Steinbeck: Writers are a...

John Steinbeck: Writers are a...

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Source: In...

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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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Salman Rushdie: Not even the...

Salman Rushdie: Not even the...

Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to...

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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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