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Marquis de Sade: The more defects...

Marquis de Sade: The more defects...

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his...

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Graham Henry Greene: I have often...

Graham Henry Greene: I have often...

I have often noticed that a bribe . . . has that effect -- it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives...

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E M Forster: There lies at...

E M Forster: There lies at...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to...

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Madeleine L'Engle: In the evening...

Madeleine L'Engle: In the evening...

In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

Source:
-- Madeleine L'Engle,...

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J G Ballard: A widespread taste...

J G Ballard: A widespread taste...

A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of...

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John Steinbeck: Texas is a...

John Steinbeck: Texas is a...

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And...

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John Steinbeck: It is a...

John Steinbeck: It is a...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep...

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Salman Rushdie: If you want...

Salman Rushdie: If you want...

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language....

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Evelyn Waugh: There aren't many...

Evelyn Waugh: There aren't many...

There aren't many left like him nowadays, what with education and whisky the price it is.

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John Fowles: Our accepting what...

John Fowles: Our accepting what...

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

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Marquis de Sade: Man's natural character...

Marquis de Sade: Man's natural character...

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom...

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George Eliot: Most of us...

George Eliot: Most of us...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach...

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George Eliot: He was at...

George Eliot: He was at...

He was at a starting point which makes many a man's career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen...

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George Eliot: The growing good...

George Eliot: The growing good...

The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: I am of...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: I am of...

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances -- from my grave even more...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature that is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature that is...

Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society...

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Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping...

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Jane Austen: Those who do...

Jane Austen: Those who do...

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride & Prejudice, 1813.
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Jane Austen: Every man is...

Jane Austen: Every man is...

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Source: In The...

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