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Leo Rosten: The writer wants...

Leo Rosten: The writer wants...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps,...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Real life seems to have no plot.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Nadine Gordimer: Responsibility is what...

Nadine Gordimer: Responsibility is what...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity

Source: The Essential...

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Nadine Gordimer: Censorship is never...

Nadine Gordimer: Censorship is never...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the...

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Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

To children childhood holds no particular advantage.

Source: Hands Full of Loving,...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an...

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Alexandra Ripley: Books have become...

Alexandra Ripley: Books have become...

Books have become products like cereal or perfume or deodorant.

Source: In...

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Hugh Walpole: Foolish writers and...

Hugh Walpole: Foolish writers and...

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and...

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Anthony Burgess: Novelists are perhaps...

Anthony Burgess: Novelists are perhaps...

Novelists are perhaps the last people in the world to be entrusted with opinions. The nature of a novel is that it has...

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Anthony Burgess: He said it...

Anthony Burgess: He said it...

He said it was artificial respiration but now I find I'm to have his child.

Source:...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful -- there are far too many children.

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Mark Twain: Be careful when...

Mark Twain: Be careful when...

Be careful when reading health books; you may die of a misprint.

Source: In 1,911...

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Lu Yan: When occupations come...

Lu Yan: When occupations come...

When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground...

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Doug Horton: Life is good...

Doug Horton: Life is good...

Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.

Source: In...

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Doug Horton: Desperation is like...

Doug Horton: Desperation is like...

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong...

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David Livingstone: I will go...

David Livingstone: I will go...

I will go anywhere, as long as it be forward.

Source: In Great Business Quotations,...

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Thomas Merton: Power always protects...

Thomas Merton: Power always protects...

Power always protects the good of some at the expense of all others.

Source: Faith...

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St Teresa of Avila: . . ....

St Teresa of Avila: . . ....

. . . about the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text...

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Israel Zangwill: No Jew was...

Israel Zangwill: No Jew was...

No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man.

Source:...

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Henri Bergson: The only cure...

Henri Bergson: The only cure...

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.

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