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William H Gass: Life is itself...

William H Gass: Life is itself...

Life is itself exile . . . It is a blow from which only death will recover us.

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Enid Bagnold: Judges don't age....

Enid Bagnold: Judges don't age....

Judges don't age. Time decorates them.

Source: Judge, in The Chalk Garden, act...

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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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Sylvia Plath: I shut my...

Sylvia Plath: I shut my...

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my eyes and all is born again.


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George Meredith: Passions spin the...

George Meredith: Passions spin the...

Passions spin the plot:
We are betrayed by what is false within.


Source: Modern...

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George Meredith: Cynicism is intellectual...

George Meredith: Cynicism is intellectual...

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb's feathers.

Source: Clara...

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Thomas Love Peacock: A book that...

Thomas Love Peacock: A book that...

A book that furnishes no quotations is, me judice, no book -- it is a plaything.

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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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James Agee: You must be...

James Agee: You must be...

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

Source:...

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Boris Pasternak: Everything established, settled,...

Boris Pasternak: Everything established, settled,...

Everything established, settled, everything to do with home and order and the common round, has crumbled into dust and...

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Joyce Carol Oates: Where we come...

Joyce Carol Oates: Where we come...

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: The mighty are...

Helen Hunt Jackson: The mighty are...

The mighty are brought low by many a thing
Too small to name. Beneath the daisy's disk
Lies hid the pebble for...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains,
But Emigrated to another star!


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Herman Melville: If I have...

Herman Melville: If I have...

If I have done the hardest possible day's work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably...

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Mary Webb: The well of...

Mary Webb: The well of...

The well of Providence is deep. It's the buckets we bring to it that are small.

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James Fenimore Cooper: A refined simplicity...

James Fenimore Cooper: A refined simplicity...

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country.

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Upton Sinclair: I aimed at...

Upton Sinclair: I aimed at...

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

Source:...

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Upton Sinclair: I am sustained...

Upton Sinclair: I am sustained...

I am sustained by a sense of the worthwhileness of what I am doing; a trust in the good faith of the process which...

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Sholem Asch: An illness is...

Sholem Asch: An illness is...

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote...

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George MacDonald: To have what...

George MacDonald: To have what...

To have what we want is riches; but to do without is power.

Source: In The...

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