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Natalie Clifford Barney: Novels are longer...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Novels are longer...

Novels are longer than life.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and Writers,...

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Harper Lee: The one thing...

Harper Lee: The one thing...

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Source:...

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Nelson Algren: Literature is made...

Nelson Algren: Literature is made...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with...

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John LeCarre: Having your book...

John LeCarre: Having your book...

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

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Harper Lee: Until I feared...

Harper Lee: Until I feared...

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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Mark Twain: Familiarity breeds contempt....

Mark Twain: Familiarity breeds contempt....

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so...

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Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body...

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George Sand: He who draws...

George Sand: He who draws...

He who draws noble delights from the sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all...

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Colette: You will do...

Colette: You will do...

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those...

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Homer: And what he...

Homer: And what he...

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Louis L'Amour: No memory is...

Louis L'Amour: No memory is...

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own...

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Ian Fleming: A horse is...

Ian Fleming: A horse is...

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

Source: In...

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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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Nancy Astor: The penalty of...

Nancy Astor: The penalty of...

The penalty of success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

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Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country!

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George V: I venture to...

George V: I venture to...

I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the...

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Evelyn Waugh: There are no...

Evelyn Waugh: There are no...

There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.

Source: Books On Trial.
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Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

The stitch of a book is its words.

Source: In Book-of-the-Month Club News, Sep...

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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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