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Jane Austen: It was not...

Jane Austen: It was not...

It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to...

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Margaret Drabble: The middle years,...

Margaret Drabble: The middle years,...

The middle years, caught between children and parents, free of neither: the past stretches back too densely, it is too...

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Salman Rushdie: Sometimes legends make...

Salman Rushdie: Sometimes legends make...

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.

Source:...

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Salman Rushdie: In this world...

Salman Rushdie: In this world...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible,...

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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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Evelyn Waugh: It is a...

Evelyn Waugh: It is a...

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: If you can't...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you can't...

If you can't do what you want, do what you can.

Source: In Collection of 10,000...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: I am who...

Lois McMaster Bujold: I am who...

I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose?though not always what I pleased....

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Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside...

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John LeCarre: A desk is...

John LeCarre: A desk is...

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

Source: In Quotable...

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John LeCarre: For decades to...

John LeCarre: For decades to...

For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is...

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Mary McCarthy: There are no...

Mary McCarthy: There are no...

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without...

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Rumer Godden: If books were...

Rumer Godden: If books were...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. . . . because it is the stitch that makes a...

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Rumer Godden: The motto was...

Rumer Godden: The motto was...

The motto was Pax, but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Source: On a...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Good soldiers never...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Good soldiers never...

Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the...

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Joseph Heller: I don't believe...

Joseph Heller: I don't believe...

I don't believe in miracles because it's been a long time since we've had any.

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Peter De Vries: It is the...

Peter De Vries: It is the...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

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Peter De Vries: I write when...

Peter De Vries: I write when...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every...

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Peter De Vries: The rich aren't...

Peter De Vries: The rich aren't...

The rich aren't like us -- they pay less taxes.

Source: The Washington Post,...

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James Thurber: It is better...

James Thurber: It is better...

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

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