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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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Gore Vidal: I like the...

Gore Vidal: I like the...

I like the way you always manage to state the obvious with a sense of real discovery.

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Theodore Dreiser: Our civilization is...

Theodore Dreiser: Our civilization is...

Our civilization is still in the middle stage; scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct;...

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Gloria Naylor: Sometimes being a...

Gloria Naylor: Sometimes being a...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow...

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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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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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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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Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the...

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Aldous Huxley: The smallest fact...

Aldous Huxley: The smallest fact...

The smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

Source: cited...

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Booth Tarkington: Cherish all your...

Booth Tarkington: Cherish all your...

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

Source: In...

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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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