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Anthony Powell: Growing old's like...

Anthony Powell: Growing old's like...

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

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Martin Amis: Bullets cannot be...

Martin Amis: Bullets cannot be...

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of 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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John LeCarre: You should have...

John LeCarre: You should have...

You should have died when I killed you.

Source: Lines for a bureaucrat speaking to...

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John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.

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Dorothy L Sayers: Books . ....

Dorothy L Sayers: Books . ....

Books . . . are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as...

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Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she...

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Max Eastman: Emotion is the...

Max Eastman: Emotion is the...

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the...

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Daniel Defoe: It is better...

Daniel Defoe: It is better...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of...

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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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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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Arthur Conan Doyle: The lowest and...

Arthur Conan Doyle: The lowest and...

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and...

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Max Frisch: The difference between...

Max Frisch: The difference between...

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's...

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Henry Miller: If we are...

Henry Miller: If we are...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a...

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Henry Miller: The worst sin...

Henry Miller: The worst sin...

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment...

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Italo Calvino: The satirist is...

Italo Calvino: The satirist is...

The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is...

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Italo Calvino: The human race...

Italo Calvino: The human race...

The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.

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Gertrude Stein: Considering how dangerous...

Gertrude Stein: Considering how dangerous...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really frightening.

Source: In...

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Ferdinand Foch: A lost battle...

Ferdinand Foch: A lost battle...

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at...

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Miyamoto Musashi: Study strategy over...

Miyamoto Musashi: Study strategy over...

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday;...

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