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Johanna Spyri: She knows what...

Johanna Spyri: She knows what...

She knows what she sees. She has her eyes in the right place.

Source: Heidi, Ch....

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Francoise Sagan: Art must take...

Francoise Sagan: Art must take...

Art must take reality by surprise.

Source: Writers at Work
-- Francoise Sagan,...

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Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Source:...

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Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective...

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William Styron: A great book...

William Styron: A great book...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while...

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Wilfrid Sheed: The American male...

Wilfrid Sheed: The American male...

The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities.

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Don Delillo: To be a...

Don Delillo: To be a...

To be a tourist is to escape accountability. Errors and failings don't cling to you the way they do back home. ...

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Mordecai Richler: Everybody writes a...

Mordecai Richler: Everybody writes a...

Everybody writes a book too many.

Source: In The Observer, 'Sayings of the Week', 9...

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Aldous Huxley: Habit converts luxurious...

Aldous Huxley: Habit converts luxurious...

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Source: In...

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Alexander Woollcott: The English have...

Alexander Woollcott: The English have...

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

Source: In...

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Booth Tarkington: Arguments only confirm...

Booth Tarkington: Arguments only confirm...

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Charles Dickens: I feel an...

Charles Dickens: I feel an...

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless...

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Gloria Naylor: I don't believe...

Gloria Naylor: I don't believe...

I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed...

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P G Wodehouse: I pressed down...

P G Wodehouse: I pressed down...

I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea.

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P G Wodehouse: I just sit...

P G Wodehouse: I just sit...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

Source: In Collier's, 31 Aug 1956;...

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Jean Paul: The end we...

Jean Paul: The end we...

The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.

Source: In The...

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Jean Paul: Brevity is the...

Jean Paul: Brevity is the...

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Jean Paul: In youth one...

Jean Paul: In youth one...

In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.

Source: In...

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Gay Talese: Most journalists are...

Gay Talese: Most journalists are...

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places. . . ....

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Gay Talese: News, if unreported,...

Gay Talese: News, if unreported,...

News, if unreported, has no impact. It might as well have not happened at all.

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