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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Marguerite Duras: The best way...

Marguerite Duras: The best way...

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

Source: Practicalities, Wasting Time,...

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John Mortimer: The shelf life...

John Mortimer: The shelf life...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

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Milan Kundera: A gesture cannot...

Milan Kundera: A gesture cannot...

A gesture cannot be regarded as the expression of an individual, as his creation (because no individual is capable of...

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Ben Hecht: Trying to determine...

Ben Hecht: Trying to determine...

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching...

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Judith Viorst: Strength is the...

Judith Viorst: Strength is the...

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands- and then eat just one of the...

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Anne Bronte: I would not...

Anne Bronte: I would not...

I would not send a poor girl into the world, . . . ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and...

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George Meredith: A human act...

George Meredith: A human act...

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what...

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Jack Kerouac: You can't teach...

Jack Kerouac: You can't teach...

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

Source: On the Road, Pt. I.
-- Jack...

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Boris Pasternak: I don't like...

Boris Pasternak: I don't like...

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life...

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Boris Pasternak: Art always serves...

Boris Pasternak: Art always serves...

Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no...

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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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Maria Edgeworth: The human heart,...

Maria Edgeworth: The human heart,...

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

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Margery Allingham: Chemists employed by...

Margery Allingham: Chemists employed by...

Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can find it in shreds of cloth, in the...

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Max Frisch: He cannot bear...

Max Frisch: He cannot bear...

He cannot bear old men's jokes. That is not new. But now he begins to think of them...

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J P Donleavy: But Jesus, when...

J P Donleavy: But Jesus, when...

But Jesus, when you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's...

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Douglas Coupland: On TV people...

Douglas Coupland: On TV people...

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time...

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Channing Pollock: Each generation produces...

Channing Pollock: Each generation produces...

Each generation produces its squad of moderns with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.

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George Ade: One man's poison...

George Ade: One man's poison...

One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Ade: She was short...

George Ade: She was short...

She was short on intellect, but long on shape.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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