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Madeleine L'Engle: If you're going...

Madeleine L'Engle: If you're going...

If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the...

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Salman Rushdie: I hate admitting...

Salman Rushdie: I hate admitting...

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

Source: Hamza, in The Satanic...

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Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Source: Decline and...

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Evelyn Waugh: We class schools...

Evelyn Waugh: We class schools...

We class schools you see, into four grades: Leading School, First-rate School, Good School, and...

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Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth...

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John Fowles: There are only...

John Fowles: There are only...

There are only two races on this planet -- the intelligent and the stupid.

Source:...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

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George Eliot: But that intimacy...

George Eliot: But that intimacy...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once...

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Milan Kundera: Nothing requires a...

Milan Kundera: Nothing requires a...

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of...

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Milan Kundera: Happiness is the...

Milan Kundera: Happiness is the...

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Margaret Atwood: If I were...

Margaret Atwood: If I were...

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints...

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Charles Dickens: That's rather a...

Charles Dickens: That's rather a...

'That's rather a sudden pull up, ain't it, Sammy?' inquired Mr Weller. `Not a bit on it,' said Sam; `she'll vish...

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Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence . . . Mr Podsnap had even acquired a...

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P G Wodehouse: I spent the...

P G Wodehouse: I spent the...

I spent the afternoon musing on Life. If you come to think of it, what a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else,...

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P G Wodehouse: It is a...

P G Wodehouse: It is a...

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take...

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P G Wodehouse: He was white...

P G Wodehouse: He was white...

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

Source: Describing a startled...

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Christopher Morley: There is only...

Christopher Morley: There is only...

There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way.

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Christopher Morley: Heaven is not...

Christopher Morley: Heaven is not...

Heaven is not built of country seats
But little queer suburban streets.


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Christopher Morley: When you sell...

Christopher Morley: When you sell...

When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue you sell him a whole new...

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George Eliot: With memory set...

George Eliot: With memory set...

With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of...

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