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Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

[Catch22] specified that a concern for one's safety . . . was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could...

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Peter De Vries: I love being...

Peter De Vries: I love being...

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Source: In Webster's...

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James Thurber: There is, of...

James Thurber: There is, of...

There is, of course, a certain amount of drudgery in newspaper work, just as there is in teaching classes, tunneling...

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James Thurber: While he was...

James Thurber: While he was...

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Source: In 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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Richard Bach: As you believe,...

Richard Bach: As you believe,...

As you believe, so it is for you.

Source:
-- Richard Bach, (Jun 23 1936-____),...

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Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

If someone tells you he is going to make a realistic decision, you immediately understand that he has resolved to do...

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Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will...

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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: A book is...

Salman Rushdie: A book is...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version 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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Evelyn Waugh: Instead of this...

Evelyn Waugh: Instead of this...

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and...

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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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Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be...

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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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Michael Crichton: In the information...

Michael Crichton: In the information...

In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish...

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Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

Source: The Middle Ground,...

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Stonewall Jackson: Always mystify, mislead...

Stonewall Jackson: Always mystify, mislead...

Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible.

Source: Stonewall'...

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Horatio Nelson: Something must be...

Horatio Nelson: Something must be...

Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others.

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Charles Simmons: He who wants...

Charles Simmons: He who wants...

He who wants to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. Life is made up of little things. True...

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