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Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful -- there are far too many children.

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Marguerite Yourcenar: I have never...

Marguerite Yourcenar: I have never...

I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily.

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Mark Twain: The difference between...

Mark Twain: The difference between...

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter -- 'tis the difference...

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Romain Rolland: I know at...

Romain Rolland: I know at...

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.

Source: In...

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John Mortimer: No brilliance is...

John Mortimer: No brilliance is...

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger...

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Thomas Hardy: Everybody is so...

Thomas Hardy: Everybody is so...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who...

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Thomas Love Peacock: Respectable means rich,...

Thomas Love Peacock: Respectable means rich,...

Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called...

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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 the Ten Commandments -- we'd have the Ten...

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Clive Barker: To you who...

Clive Barker: To you who...

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!

Source: In The...

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Arnold Bennett: Does there, I...

Arnold Bennett: Does there, I...

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is...

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Arnold Bennett: Your own mind...

Arnold Bennett: Your own mind...

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your...

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Mark Twain: A man cannot...

Mark Twain: A man cannot...

A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Eleanor H Porter: You breathe all...

Eleanor H Porter: You breathe all...

You breathe all the time you're sleep, but you aren't living. I mean living -- doing the things you want to do . . . ....

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John Barth: Everyone is necessarily...

John Barth: Everyone is necessarily...

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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Don Delillo: Film is more...

Don Delillo: Film is more...

Film is more than the twentieth-century art. It's another part of the twentieth-century mind. It's the world seen...

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Norman Douglas: Many a man...

Norman Douglas: Many a man...

Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his...

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Brian Moore: When you're a...

Brian Moore: When you're a...

When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures...

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Patrick White: Well, good luck...

Patrick White: Well, good luck...

Well, good luck to you, kid! I'm going to write the Great Australian Novel.

Source:...

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Clive Barker: I've always thought...

Clive Barker: I've always thought...

I've always thought that the most extraordinary special effect you could do is to buy a child at the moment of its...

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