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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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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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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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Anthony Burgess: Blockbusting fiction is...

Anthony Burgess: Blockbusting fiction is...

Blockbusting fiction is bought as furniture. Unread, it maintains its value. Read, it looks like money wasted....

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Charles Dickens: Ride on! Rough-shod...

Charles Dickens: Ride on! Rough-shod...

Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the...

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Ernest Bramah: One learns to...

Ernest Bramah: One learns to...

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Dorothy Gilman: If something anticipated...

Dorothy Gilman: If something anticipated...

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel -- nothing at...

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P D James: There comes a...

P D James: There comes a...

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

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Rudolph Fisher: In Harlem, black...

Rudolph Fisher: In Harlem, black...

In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: Men deceive themselves;...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: Men deceive themselves;...

Men deceive themselves; they look back on the children who were once themselves, and attempt to reconstruct them. But...

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John Mortimer: I think I'm...

John Mortimer: I think I'm...

I think I'm thoroughly in favour of Mrs. Thatcher's visit to the Falklands. I find a bit of hesitation, though, about...

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Boris Pasternak: I think that...

Boris Pasternak: I think that...

I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats of any kind, whether of jail or retribution,...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: That indescribable expression...

Helen Hunt Jackson: That indescribable expression...

That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they...

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James Fenimore Cooper: The Americans ....

James Fenimore Cooper: The Americans ....

The Americans . . . are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human...

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James Fenimore Cooper: The press, like...

James Fenimore Cooper: The press, like...

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Source: The...

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Jean Rhys: The feeling of...

Jean Rhys: The feeling of...

The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still. Like when they say, As it was in...

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George Sand: Simplicity is the...

George Sand: Simplicity is the...

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort...

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