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Eudora Welty: It had been...

Eudora Welty: It had been...

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were...

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Ian Fleming: I shall not...

Ian Fleming: I shall not...

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Source:...

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William Golding: Sleep is when...

William Golding: Sleep is when...

Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high...

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William Golding: The journey of...

William Golding: The journey of...

The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at...

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Mary Webb: The more anybody...

Mary Webb: The more anybody...

The more anybody wants a thing, the more they do think others want it.

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Gustave Flaubert: There is not...

Gustave Flaubert: There is not...

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.

Source: In...

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Gustave Flaubert: To see one's...

Gustave Flaubert: To see one's...

To see one's name in print! Some people commit a crime for no other reason.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: How superbly brave...

Mark Twain: How superbly brave...

How superbly brave is the Englishman in the presence of the awfulest forms of danger & death; & how abject in the...

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Mark Twain: It was enough...

Mark Twain: It was enough...

It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.

Source: Huck Finn in The...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is sometimes...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room.

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Margery Allingham: Self-satisfaction is the...

Margery Allingham: Self-satisfaction is the...

Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other...

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William H Gass: [For the speedy...

William H Gass: [For the speedy...

[For the speedy reader] paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points,...

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Francoise Sagan: Of course the...

Francoise Sagan: Of course the...

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the...

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Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Source: La Chamade,...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Autumn arrives in...

Elizabeth Bowen: Autumn arrives in...

Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.

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Elizabeth Bowen: Art is the...

Elizabeth Bowen: Art is the...

Art is the only thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

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Annie Dillard: Spend the afternoon....

Annie Dillard: Spend the afternoon....

Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.

Source: From Charles Daney's...

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Annie Dillard: The life of...

Annie Dillard: The life of...

The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less;...

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Gertrude Stein: I want to...

Gertrude Stein: I want to...

I want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

Source:...

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Gertrude Stein: A writer must...

Gertrude Stein: A writer must...

A writer must always try to have a philosophy and he should also have a psychology and a philology and many other...

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