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Francois LaRochefoucauld: We hardly find...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: We hardly find...

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us.

Source: In...

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Anatole France: Man is so...

Anatole France: Man is so...

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up...

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Henry James, Jr: She felt in...

Henry James, Jr: She felt in...

She felt in italics and thought in capitals.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Henry James, Jr: To take what...

Henry James, Jr: To take what...

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived -- to dig deep into the actual...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Jealousy is no...

Elizabeth Bowen: Jealousy is no...

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Source: The House...

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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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William McFee: If fate means...

William McFee: If fate means...

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Ishmael Reed: No one says...

Ishmael Reed: No one says...

No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the six o'clock news,...

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Mickey Spillane: If you're a...

Mickey Spillane: If you're a...

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's...

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Robert Fulghum: Clean up your...

Robert Fulghum: Clean up your...

Clean up your own mess.

Source: All I Need to Know...
-- Robert Fulghum, (Jun 4...

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Robert Stone: I write a...

Robert Stone: I write a...

I write a very rough first draft of every chapter, then I rewrite every chapter. I try to get it down in the first...

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Honore de Balzac: What is art?...

Honore de Balzac: What is art?...

What is art? Nature concentrated.

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

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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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Beatrix Potter: Thank goodness I...

Beatrix Potter: Thank goodness I...

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the...

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Robertson Davies: The eye sees...

Robertson Davies: The eye sees...

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

Source: In Webster's...

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Robertson Davies: If I had...

Robertson Davies: If I had...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only...

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R S Surtees: The only infallible...

R S Surtees: The only infallible...

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is...

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Anatole France: Never lend books,...

Anatole France: Never lend books,...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are those that other folks have...

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Anatole France: I prefer the...

Anatole France: I prefer the...

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Source: In My...

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Elizabeth Bowen: I suppose art...

Elizabeth Bowen: I suppose art...

I suppose art is the only thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

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