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Toni Morrison: We die. That...

Toni Morrison: We die. That...

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our...

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Tillie Olsen: And when is...

Tillie Olsen: And when is...

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

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Alexandra Ripley: Should-haves solve nothing....

Alexandra Ripley: Should-haves solve nothing....

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

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Anna Sewell: I am never...

Anna Sewell: I am never...

I am never afraid of what I know.

Source: Black Beauty, 1877.
-- Anna Sewell,...

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Amy Tan: Who knows where...

Amy Tan: Who knows where...

Who knows where inspiration comes from? Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the...

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Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high...

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Anzia Yezierska: The power that...

Anzia Yezierska: The power that...

The power that makes the grass grow, fruit ripen, and guides the bird in flight is in us...

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Vance Palmer: It is the...

Vance Palmer: It is the...

It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of...

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Vance Palmer: Literature, particularly fiction,...

Vance Palmer: Literature, particularly fiction,...

Literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it is. It is affected by things other...

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Mark Twain: A crime persevered...

Mark Twain: A crime persevered...

A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and...

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E L Konigsburg: Often the search...

E L Konigsburg: Often the search...

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Source: The Mixed-Up Files...

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E L Konigsburg: The adventure is...

E L Konigsburg: The adventure is...

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with...

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Max Frisch: When you say...

Max Frisch: When you say...

When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you...

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S J Perelman: You've a sharp...

S J Perelman: You've a sharp...

You've a sharp tongue in your head, Mr Essick. Look out it doesn't cut your throat.

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S J Perelman: The fact is...

S J Perelman: The fact is...

The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. . . . You are what you...

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S J Perelman: For years I...

S J Perelman: For years I...

For years I have let dentists ride roughshod over my teeth: I have been sawed, hacked, chopped, whittled, bewitched,...

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S J Perelman: A case of...

S J Perelman: A case of...

A case of the tail dogging the wag.

Source: Having escaped with some difficulty...

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Channing Pollock: Happiness is a...

Channing Pollock: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a way-station between too little and too much.

Source: Mr....

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Channing Pollock: No man in...

Channing Pollock: No man in...

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

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A A Milne: My spelling is...

A A Milne: My spelling is...

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong...

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