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Herman Wouk: We are in...

Herman Wouk: We are in...

We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for the vast drama...

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Charles Reade: Sow an act...

Charles Reade: Sow an act...

Sow an act and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit and you reap a character.
Sow a character and you reap a...

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Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in...

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Nancy Mitford: Surely a king...

Nancy Mitford: Surely a king...

Surely a king who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory.

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Michael Crichton: We all live...

Michael Crichton: We all live...

We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.

Source:...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

The truth is not so good a story.

Source: The Firebrand, 1987.
-- Marion Zimmer...

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Jean Ingelow: You Moon! Have...

Jean Ingelow: You Moon! Have...

You Moon! Have you done something wrong in heaven,
That God has hidden your face?


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Charles Morgan: As knowledge increases,...

Charles Morgan: As knowledge increases,...

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Harry Crews: What the artist...

Harry Crews: What the artist...

What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.

Source:...

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Ronald Firbank: `O, help me...

Ronald Firbank: `O, help me...

`O, help me heaven,' she prayed, `to be decorative and to do right.'

Source: Flower...

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Marquis de Sade: The imagination is...

Marquis de Sade: The imagination is...

The imagination is the spur of delights. . . all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not...

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Angus Wilson: I have no...

Angus Wilson: I have no...

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

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Martin Amis: Style is not...

Martin Amis: Style is not...

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

Source: Novelists in Interview ...

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Clive Barker: Be regular and...

Clive Barker: Be regular and...

Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.

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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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Malcolm Bradbury: Reading someone else's...

Malcolm Bradbury: Reading someone else's...

Reading someone else's newspaper is like sleeping with someone else's wife. Nothing seems to be precisely in the right...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: It is not...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: It is not...

It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at...

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Laurence Sterne: Nothing is so...

Laurence Sterne: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Source: Tristram...

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Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.

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William Makepeace Thackeray: The most engaging...

William Makepeace Thackeray: The most engaging...

The most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things...

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