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Lisa Alther: Any mother could...

Lisa Alther: Any mother could...

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

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Emily Bronte: A person who...

Emily Bronte: A person who...

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A man is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A man is...

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

Source:...

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Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping...

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Jane Austen: A large income...

Jane Austen: A large income...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Source: In The...

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Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has...

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Mark Twain: All you need...

Mark Twain: All you need...

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

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Charles Dickens: Mr. and Mrs....

Charles Dickens: Mr. and Mrs....

Mr. and Mrs. Veneering were bran-new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the...

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Marquis de Sade: It is only...

Marquis de Sade: It is only...

It is only by enlarging the scope of one's tastes and one's fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that...

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George Eliot: All meanings, we...

George Eliot: All meanings, we...

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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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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Frank Norris: [The Muse of...

Frank Norris: [The Muse of...

[The Muse of our Fiction of the future] will lead you - if you are humble and honest with her - straight into a World...

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Douglas Adams: Nothing travels faster...

Douglas Adams: Nothing travels faster...

Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own...

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James Allen: The birds are...

James Allen: The birds are...

The birds are moulting. If only man could moult also -- his mind one a year its errors, his heart once a year its...

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Frederick Douglass: Those who profess...

Frederick Douglass: Those who profess...

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are men who want rain without thunder and...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: If you have...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: If you have...

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

Source: Aph, 1905.
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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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Alan Bennett: Were we closer...

Alan Bennett: Were we closer...

Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?

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John Ciardi: It is easy...

John Ciardi: It is easy...

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy...

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Tom Stoppard: Skill without imagination...

Tom Stoppard: Skill without imagination...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination...

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