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Barbara Kingsolver: Come to...

Barbara Kingsolver: Come to...

Come to think of it, just about every tool was shaped like either a weenie or a pistol, depending on your point of...

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Nella Larsen: She wished to...

Nella Larsen: She wished to...

She wished to find out about this hazardous business of passing, this breaking away from all that was familiar and...

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Charles Morgan: The art of...

Charles Morgan: The art of...

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing...

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Brian Moore: As always on...

Brian Moore: As always on...

As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country, every...

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John Fowles: There comes a...

John Fowles: There comes a...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more...

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Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

Source:
-- Toni Morrison,...

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Eden Phillpotts: His father's sister...

Eden Phillpotts: His father's sister...

His father's sister had bats in the belfry and was put away.

Source: My First...

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Judith Viorst: Brevity may be...

Judith Viorst: Brevity may be...

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying I love you.

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Andre Gide: The work of...

Andre Gide: The work of...

The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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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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Ernest Bramah: One learns to...

Ernest Bramah: One learns to...

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Ernest Bramah: One cannot live...

Ernest Bramah: One cannot live...

One cannot live for ever by ignoring the price of coffins.

Source: Kai Lung Unrolls...

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Ernest Hemingway: Cowardice . ....

Ernest Hemingway: Cowardice . ....

Cowardice . . . is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the...

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Romain Rolland: A hero is...

Romain Rolland: A hero is...

A hero is one who does what he can.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Romain Rolland: I know at...

Romain Rolland: I know at...

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.

Source: In...

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Leo Tolstoy: Life consists in...

Leo Tolstoy: Life consists in...

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus...

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Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.

Source: On Life, 1887.
-- Leo...

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Sinclair Lewis: When audiences come...

Sinclair Lewis: When audiences come...

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than...

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Enid Bagnold: Who wants to...

Enid Bagnold: Who wants to...

Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. To Why am I here? To uselessness. It's...

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Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved...

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