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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Man only likes...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Man only likes...

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

Source: Notes...

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Rudolph Fisher: The rhythm persisted,...

Rudolph Fisher: The rhythm persisted,...

The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began...

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Enid Bagnold: A father is...

Enid Bagnold: A father is...

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back...

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Anthony Hope: Unless one is...

Anthony Hope: Unless one is...

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

Source: The Dolly...

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Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

She ransacked her mind but there was nothing in it.

Source: Them, pt. 1 ch. 15,...

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Sir Walter Scott: Oh what a...

Sir Walter Scott: Oh what a...

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

Source: In The...

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Douglas Coupland: If nothing else,...

Douglas Coupland: If nothing else,...

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

Source: In Collection of...

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Douglas Coupland: If you don't...

Douglas Coupland: If you don't...

If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you?

Source: In...

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Ernest Bramah: There are those...

Ernest Bramah: There are those...

There are those who collect the refuse of the public streets, but in order to be received into the band it is...

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P D James: Jealousy, he thought,...

P D James: Jealousy, he thought,...

Jealousy, he thought, was as physical as fear; the same dryness of the mouth, the thudding heart, the restlessness...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: It is not...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: It is not...

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities,...

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Gustave Flaubert: You must not...

Gustave Flaubert: You must not...

You must not think that feeling is everything. . . . Art is nothing without form.

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Stendhal: The man of...

Stendhal: The man of...

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high...

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Frank Norris: The function of...

Frank Norris: The function of...

The function of the novelist . . . is to comment upon life as he sees it.

Source:...

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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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Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Source: In Words of...

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Toni Morrison: And like any...

Toni Morrison: And like any...

And like any artist with no art form, she became dangerous.

Source: Sula,...

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Toni Morrison: Bit by bit...

Toni Morrison: Bit by bit...

Bit by bit . . . she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: What an immense...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: What an immense...

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very...

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J P Donleavy: When I die...

J P Donleavy: When I die...

When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in...

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