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George Meredith: Not till the...

George Meredith: Not till the...

Not till the fire is dying in the grate,
Look we for any kinship with the stars.
Oh, wisdom never comes when it...

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Joyce Carol Oates: Our enemy is...

Joyce Carol Oates: Our enemy is...

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

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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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George MacDonald: I find that...

George MacDonald: I find that...

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

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Jane Rule: My private measure...

Jane Rule: My private measure...

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To...

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Mark Twain: Life does not...

Mark Twain: Life does not...

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought...

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Grace Metalious: I looked into...

Grace Metalious: I looked into...

I looked into that empty bottle and I saw myself.

Source: On her bout with...

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Betty Smith: Forgiveness is a...

Betty Smith: Forgiveness is a...

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Source: In Readers'...

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Barbara Kingsolver: It's surprising how...

Barbara Kingsolver: It's surprising how...

It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

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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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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.

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-- 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.

Source:...

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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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Earl Warren: Everything that I...

Earl Warren: Everything that I...

Everything that I did in life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Source: In...

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Wilhelm von Humboldt: If it were...

Wilhelm von Humboldt: If it were...

If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which...

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