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Alexandra Ripley: I really don't...

Alexandra Ripley: I really don't...

I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because...

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Anna Sewell: There is no...

Anna Sewell: There is no...

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not...

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Amy Tan: If you can't...

Amy Tan: If you can't...

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Malcolm Bradbury: Culture is a...

Malcolm Bradbury: Culture is a...

Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.

Source: In The...

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Faith Baldwin: You cannot contribute...

Faith Baldwin: You cannot contribute...

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach,...

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Vance Palmer: Beyond the horizon...

Vance Palmer: Beyond the horizon...

Beyond the horizon . . . a great, creative impulse is at work -- the only thing that gives this continent meaning and...

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Paul Theroux: I should have...

Paul Theroux: I should have...

I should have worked just long enough to discover that I didn't like it.

Source: In...

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Judith Guest: Geez, if I...

Judith Guest: Geez, if I...

Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and...

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Tama Janowitz: Long after the...

Tama Janowitz: Long after the...

Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets...

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J G Ballard: The American Dream...

J G Ballard: The American Dream...

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its...

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Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth...

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Marquis de Sade: They declaim against...

Marquis de Sade: They declaim against...

They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its...

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Graham Henry Greene: Champagne, if you...

Graham Henry Greene: Champagne, if you...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even...

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Graham Henry Greene: Innocence is like...

Graham Henry Greene: Innocence is like...

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no...

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Graham Henry Greene: Of course, before...

Graham Henry Greene: Of course, before...

Of course, before we know he is a saint, there will have to be miracles.

Source:...

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Graham Henry Greene: Behind the complicated...

Graham Henry Greene: Behind the complicated...

Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up man or woman knows the...

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Clive Barker: There was time...

Clive Barker: There was time...

There was time for all their miracles now. For ghosts and transformations; for passion and ambiguity; for noon-day...

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George Eliot: Our consciousness rarely...

George Eliot: Our consciousness rarely...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us: there have been many...

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John Steinbeck: Man, unlike any...

John Steinbeck: Man, unlike any...

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his...

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Naomi Mitchison: Keep it light...

Naomi Mitchison: Keep it light...

Keep it light so you can say a lot more, especially if it's something you care about.

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