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Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your...

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Charles Simmons: Both mind and...

Charles Simmons: Both mind and...

Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of...

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Katherine Mansfield: The mind I...

Katherine Mansfield: The mind I...

The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown...

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Anais Nin: There are very...

Anais Nin: There are very...

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them...

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Flannery O'Connor: The novel is...

Flannery O'Connor: The novel is...

The novel is an art form and when you use it for anything other than art, you pervert it.

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Colette: Look for a...

Colette: Look for a...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you.

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Colette: Sit down and...

Colette: Sit down and...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can...

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Ellen Glasgow: No idea is...

Ellen Glasgow: No idea is...

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be...

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Jessamyn West: A rattlesnake that...

Jessamyn West: A rattlesnake that...

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

Source: The Life I Really...

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Carolyn Wells: A blunder at...

Carolyn Wells: A blunder at...

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Source:...

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Robert Stone: I am trying...

Robert Stone: I am trying...

I am trying - in a good cause - to crowd people out of their own minds and occupy their space. I want them to stop...

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Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they...

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Samuel Smiles: Where there is...

Samuel Smiles: Where there is...

'Where there is a will there is a way,' is an old and true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very...

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Elias Canetti: It doesn't matter...

Elias Canetti: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

Source:...

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Beatrix Potter: I am worn...

Beatrix Potter: I am worn...

I am worn to a raveling.

Source: The Tailor of Gloucester, 1901.
-- Beatrix...

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Francois Rabelais: In their rules...

Francois Rabelais: In their rules...

In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

Source: Referring to...

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R S Surtees: He was a...

R S Surtees: He was a...

He was a gentleman who was generally spoken of as having nothing a-year, paid quarterly.

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Mark Twain: Guides cannot master...

Mark Twain: Guides cannot master...

Guides cannot master the subtleties of the American joke.

Source: Innocents Abroad,...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Conquer but don't...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Conquer but don't...

Conquer but don't triumph.

Source: Aph, 1905.
-- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach,...

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Hermann Hesse: All men are...

Hermann Hesse: All men are...

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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