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George Meredith: Passions spin the...

George Meredith: Passions spin the...

Passions spin the plot:
We are betrayed by what is false within.


Source: Modern...

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George Meredith: Kissing don't last:...

George Meredith: Kissing don't last:...

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Source: Mrs. Berry, in The Ordeal of Richard...

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Boris Pasternak: No bad man...

Boris Pasternak: No bad man...

No bad man can be a good poet.

Source: Quoted in Ilya Ehrenburg, Truce
-- Boris...

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Francois Rabelais: Tell the truth...

Francois Rabelais: Tell the truth...

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

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-- Francois Rabelais, ( ...

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Anthony Burgess: The trouble began...

Anthony Burgess: The trouble began...

The trouble began with Forster. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six...

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Anthony Burgess: Laugh and the...

Anthony Burgess: Laugh and the...

Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.

Source: Inside Mr....

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Booth Tarkington: The only good...

Booth Tarkington: The only good...

The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool...

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Charles Dickens: It is a...

Charles Dickens: It is a...

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

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John Barth: More history is...

John Barth: More history is...

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

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Augusto Roa Bastos: The things that...

Augusto Roa Bastos: The things that...

The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he...

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Alan Paton: Life has not...

Alan Paton: Life has not...

Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of...

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William Gilmore Simms: He who would...

William Gilmore Simms: He who would...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of...

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Patrick White: But bombs are...

Patrick White: But bombs are...

But bombs are unbelievable until they actually fall.

Source: Riders in the Chariot,...

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Gloria Naylor: It's as if...

Gloria Naylor: It's as if...

It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body -- an overwhelming sense of calm . . . I actually...

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Gloria Naylor: It ain't really...

Gloria Naylor: It ain't really...

It ain't really what you'd call change. It's all happened before and it'll happen again with a different set of...

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Francois Mauriac: A good critic...

Francois Mauriac: A good critic...

A good critic is the sorcerer that makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our...

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P G Wodehouse: Has anybody ever...

P G Wodehouse: Has anybody ever...

Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no...

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P G Wodehouse: She fitted into...

P G Wodehouse: She fitted into...

She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs...

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Alan Brien: The blue-rinse warbler...

Alan Brien: The blue-rinse warbler...

The blue-rinse warbler and her horn-rimmed mate are rare and overdue this year.

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Alan Brien: The majority of...

Alan Brien: The majority of...

The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial...

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