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Tobias Smollett: Facts are stubborn...

Tobias Smollett: Facts are stubborn...

Facts are stubborn things.

Source: Gil Blas de Santillane, bk. 10, ch. 1,...

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Delmore Schwartz: Major writing is...

Delmore Schwartz: Major writing is...

Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.

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Jenny Joseph: When I am...

Jenny Joseph: When I am...

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall...

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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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James Michener: If you reject...

James Michener: If you reject...

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. You...

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James Michener: The really great...

James Michener: The really great...

The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and...

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Henry Fielding: I have found...

Henry Fielding: I have found...

I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school, Joseph, was...

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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James Allen: Whether you be...

James Allen: Whether you be...

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: There is probably...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: There is probably...

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

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John LeCarre: It's easy to...

John LeCarre: It's easy to...

It's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a...

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Charles Dickens: Home is a...

Charles Dickens: Home is a...

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the...

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Charles Dickens: Bring in the...

Charles Dickens: Bring in the...

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

Source: The...

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Lillian Smith: The human heart...

Lillian Smith: The human heart...

The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that...

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Gloria Naylor: One should be...

Gloria Naylor: One should be...

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire...

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Andre Gide: The want of...

Andre Gide: The want of...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains...

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Edward Hoagland: The question of...

Edward Hoagland: The question of...

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded...

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Alan Brien: The country is...

Alan Brien: The country is...

The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized...

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Mark Twain: George Washington, as...

Mark Twain: George Washington, as...

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even...

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Mark Twain: Warm summer sun,...

Mark Twain: Warm summer sun,...

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here;
Warm southern wind, blow softly here;
Green sod above, lie light, lie light...

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