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Jane Rule: The real power...

Jane Rule: The real power...

The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep companionability...

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John Mortimer: The worst fault...

John Mortimer: The worst fault...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life,...

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Milan Kundera: I think, therefore...

Milan Kundera: I think, therefore...

I think, therefore I am is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.

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Milan Kundera: Let us consider...

Milan Kundera: Let us consider...

Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of discoveries.

Source: On...

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Milan Kundera: A worker may...

Milan Kundera: A worker may...

A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be...

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Margaret Atwood: . . ....

Margaret Atwood: . . ....

. . . time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee. . . . I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the...

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Margaret Atwood: The Eskimos had...

Margaret Atwood: The Eskimos had...

The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is an...

E L Doctorow: Writing is an...

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Source: In...

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Charles Kingsley: Young blood must...

Charles Kingsley: Young blood must...

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Source: In Correct...

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Charles Buxton: In life, as...

Charles Buxton: In life, as...

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Charles Buxton: Self-laudation abounds among...

Charles Buxton: Self-laudation abounds among...

Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as...

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Mark Twain: A habit cannot...

Mark Twain: A habit cannot...

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: It is difference...

Mark Twain: It is difference...

It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson Ch....

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Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Mary Stewart: It is harder...

Mary Stewart: It is harder...

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

Source: The Last...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Neither intelligence nor...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Neither intelligence nor...

Neither intelligence nor judgment are creative. If a sculptor is nothing but science and intelligence his hands will...

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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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Aldous Huxley: Genius is a...

Aldous Huxley: Genius is a...

Genius is a child up to the age of ten.

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-- Aldous Huxley, (Jul 26...

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Clive Barker: The threads can...

Clive Barker: The threads can...

The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that; though as the...

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Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of...

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