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George Eliot: Blessed is the...

George Eliot: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of that...

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Leo Rosten: Words must surely...

Leo Rosten: Words must surely...

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: A great idea...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: A great idea...

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas...

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Jean Rhys: I am sad,...

Jean Rhys: I am sad,...

I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and one that is...

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Anna Sewell: We call them...

Anna Sewell: We call them...

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because...

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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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Malcolm Bradbury: If God had...

Malcolm Bradbury: If God had...

If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had 10 Commandments. We'd have had The 10...

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Paul Theroux: Extensive traveling induces...

Paul Theroux: Extensive traveling induces...

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the...

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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: To have a...

Judith Guest: To have a...

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A...

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Tama Janowitz: I was like...

Tama Janowitz: I was like...

I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I...

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Susan Warner: . . ....

Susan Warner: . . ....

. . . and many a good time we went back again, long afterward, and broke our rejected lump with great exultation to...

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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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Edward Dahlberg: Writing is conscience,...

Edward Dahlberg: Writing is conscience,...

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.

Source: Alms for...

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Edward Dahlberg: Hardly a book...

Edward Dahlberg: Hardly a book...

Hardly a book of human worth, be it heaven's own secret, is honestly placed before the reader; it is either shunned,...

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Hugh Walpole: The whole secret...

Hugh Walpole: The whole secret...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things...

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Anthony Burgess: Life is a...

Anthony Burgess: Life is a...

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

Source: On Samuel...

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Anthony Burgess: The possession of...

Anthony Burgess: The possession of...

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

Source: New York...

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Orson Scott Card: Welcome to the...

Orson Scott Card: Welcome to the...

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life. The best you can do is choose to be controlled by good...

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Jean Ingelow: A healthful hunger...

Jean Ingelow: A healthful hunger...

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

Source:...

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