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George Eliot: In the schoolroom...

George Eliot: In the schoolroom...

In the schoolroom her quick mind had taken readily that strong starch of unexplained rules and disconnected facts...

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John Steinbeck: The writer must...

John Steinbeck: The writer must...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this...

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Evelyn Waugh: That's the public-school...

Evelyn Waugh: That's the public-school...

That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you...

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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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Charles Dickens: Charity begins at...

Charles Dickens: Charity begins at...

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Source: Tigg, in Martin...

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Charles Dickens: Eccentricities of genius....

Charles Dickens: Eccentricities of genius....

Eccentricities of genius.

Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch. 30
-- Charles Dickens,...

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Charles Dickens: Keep up appearances...

Charles Dickens: Keep up appearances...

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

Source: x
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7...

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Margaret Atwood: If the national...

Margaret Atwood: If the national...

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid...

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George Eliot: You may try...

George Eliot: You may try...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's form of genius in you, and to suffer the slavery of...

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George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

Sympathetic people often don't communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own...

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George Eliot: If we use...

George Eliot: If we use...

If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a...

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Charles Dickens: Although it's a...

Charles Dickens: Although it's a...

Although it's a long time on the road, it is on the road and coming. I tell thee it never retreats, and never...

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Charles Dickens: Papa, potatoes, poultry,...

Charles Dickens: Papa, potatoes, poultry,...

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips; especially prunes and...

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Charles Dickens: She's been thinking...

Charles Dickens: She's been thinking...

She's been thinking of the old 'un!

Source: (Mr Peggotty of Mrs Gummidge) David...

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Charles Dickens: Here's richness!...

Charles Dickens: Here's richness!...

Here's richness!

Source: (Mr Squeers) Nicholas Nickleby, Ch.5
-- Charles...

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Charles Dickens: This is a...

Charles Dickens: This is a...

This is a London particular . . . A fog, miss.

Source: Bleak House, Ch. 3
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Charles Dickens: There are strings,'...

Charles Dickens: There are strings,'...

'There are strings,' said Mr Tappertit, `. . . in the human heart that had better not be...

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Charles Dickens: Skewered through and...

Charles Dickens: Skewered through and...

Skewered through and through with office pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.

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Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Barkis is willin'.

Source: David Copperfield, Ch. 5
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7...

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George Eliot: The beginning of...

George Eliot: The beginning of...

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

Source: Felix Holt,...

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