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Rachel Field: The public is...

Rachel Field: The public is...

The public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

Source: All This &...

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Kate Seredy: [My stories were]...

Kate Seredy: [My stories were]...

[My stories were] an excuse for making pictures.

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Tom Sharpe: We must not...

Tom Sharpe: We must not...

We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, we must strike it until it is hot.

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Margery Allingham: I am one...

Margery Allingham: I am one...

I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs...

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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 . . . weave it into a rope to hang a...

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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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George Ade: The time to...

George Ade: The time to...

The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack.

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George Ade: Anybody can win,...

George Ade: Anybody can win,...

Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.

Source: In The World's...

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P D James: His sleep was...

P D James: His sleep was...

His sleep was a sensuous gluttony of oblivion.

Source: Death of an Expert Witness,...

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James Michener: The permanent temptation...

James Michener: The permanent temptation...

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are...

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Henry Miller: The world itself...

Henry Miller: The world itself...

The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of...

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Sholem Asch: An illness is...

Sholem Asch: An illness is...

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote...

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Thomas Wolfe: If a man...

Thomas Wolfe: If a man...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the...

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Laurence Sterne: I take a...

Laurence Sterne: I take a...

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

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Edna Ferber: I think that...

Edna Ferber: I think that...

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike,...

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Peter Abrahams: You can't walk...

Peter Abrahams: You can't walk...

You can't walk alone, Many have given the illusion but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each...

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Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Time . ....

Ivy Compton-Burnett: Time . ....

Time . . . is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And...

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Toni Morrison: The ability of...

Toni Morrison: The ability of...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: Who originated that...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: Who originated that...

Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?

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