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Friedrich Nietzsche: A woman may...

Friedrich Nietzsche: A woman may...

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical...

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Thomas ? Kempis: If you cannot...

Thomas ? Kempis: If you cannot...

If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your...

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Robert Penn Warren: Poets, we know,...

Robert Penn Warren: Poets, we know,...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about...

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Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or...

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Robert Penn Warren: A young man's...

Robert Penn Warren: A young man's...

A young man's ambition [is] to get along in the world and make a place for himself half your life goes that way, till...

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Edward Everett Hale: The making of...

Edward Everett Hale: The making of...

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in...

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Peter De Vries: I was thinking...

Peter De Vries: I was thinking...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer...

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V S Naipaul: The world is...

V S Naipaul: The world is...

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in...

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Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

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Lisa Alther: If this was...

Lisa Alther: If this was...

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert...

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Charles Dickens: It is a...

Charles Dickens: It is a...

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual...

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Evelyn Waugh: I think to...

Evelyn Waugh: I think to...

I think to be oversensitive about clich?s is like being oversensitive about table manners.

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Evelyn Waugh: I haven't been...

Evelyn Waugh: I haven't been...

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't...

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Evelyn Waugh: Professional reviewers read...

Evelyn Waugh: Professional reviewers read...

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting...

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Thomas Mann: An art whose...

Thomas Mann: An art whose...

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a...

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Thomas Mann: Order and simplification...

Thomas Mann: Order and simplification...

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

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Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.

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Mark Twain: I know all...

Mark Twain: I know all...

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of...

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Nora Ephron: With any child...

Nora Ephron: With any child...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the...

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Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.

Source: In...

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