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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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Chinua Achebe: When old people...

Chinua Achebe: When old people...

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which...

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Chinua Achebe: Stories serve the...

Chinua Achebe: Stories serve the...

Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made...

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Joyce Cary: It is a...

Joyce Cary: It is a...

It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know -- the less a man knows, the more sure it is that...

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Joyce Cary: For good and...

Joyce Cary: For good and...

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in...

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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: There are worse...

Tillie Olsen: There are worse...

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

Source: In Words...

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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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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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