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Nella Larsen: She wished to...

Nella Larsen: She wished to...

She wished to find out about this hazardous business of passing, this breaking away from all that was familiar and...

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William Styron: A great book...

William Styron: A great book...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while...

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Alan Paton: To give up...

Alan Paton: To give up...

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

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Lawana Blackwell: Age is no...

Lawana Blackwell: Age is no...

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

Source: In Collection of 10,000 Inspirational...

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J G Ballard: Electronic aids, particularly...

J G Ballard: Electronic aids, particularly...

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality...

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J G Ballard: The car as...

J G Ballard: The car as...

The car as we know it is on the way out. To a large extent, I deplore its passing, for as a basically old-fashioned...

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John Steinbeck: Somewhere in the...

John Steinbeck: Somewhere in the...

Somewhere in the world there is defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by...

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John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy...

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George Eliot: It is only...

George Eliot: It is only...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very much about our own pleasures. We can only have...

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Lillian Smith: The human heart...

Lillian Smith: The human heart...

The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that...

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Andre Gide: The want of...

Andre Gide: The want of...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains...

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Edward Hoagland: True solitude is...

Edward Hoagland: True solitude is...

True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the...

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our...

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Margaret Mitchell: Until you've lost...

Margaret Mitchell: Until you've lost...

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: A great idea...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: A great idea...

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas...

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Mary Stewart: The best way...

Mary Stewart: The best way...

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you...

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Paul Theroux: The realization that...

Paul Theroux: The realization that...

The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate's...

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Daisy Ashford: My life will...

Daisy Ashford: My life will...

My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.

Source: The Young Visiters,...

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J G Ballard: We live in...

J G Ballard: We live in...

We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind -- mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch...

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Alexander Woollcott: The English have...

Alexander Woollcott: The English have...

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

Source: In...

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