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Grace Metalious: Even Tom Sawyer...

Grace Metalious: Even Tom Sawyer...

Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend . . .

Source: Defending Peyton Place, NY Mirror, 6...

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Shirley Hazzard: Perhaps if we...

Shirley Hazzard: Perhaps if we...

Perhaps if we lived with less physical beauty we would develop our true natures more.

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Tom Clancy: Man is a...

Tom Clancy: Man is a...

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which believe the idea that things cannot be...

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Charles Morgan: Happiness, like a...

Charles Morgan: Happiness, like a...

Happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Wilfrid Sheed: I picked up...

Wilfrid Sheed: I picked up...

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find.

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William Gilmore Simms: The proverb answers...

William Gilmore Simms: The proverb answers...

The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of...

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Patrick White: But bombs are...

Patrick White: But bombs are...

But bombs are unbelievable until they actually fall.

Source: Riders in the Chariot,...

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Patrick White: All my novels...

Patrick White: All my novels...

All my novels are an accumulation of detail. I'm a bit of a bower-bird.

Source:...

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Lawana Blackwell: Propriety was a...

Lawana Blackwell: Propriety was a...

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling...

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Don Delillo: I think it's...

Don Delillo: I think it's...

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two...

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Robert Ludlum: I write primarily...

Robert Ludlum: I write primarily...

I write primarily as an entertainer. But I find that whehter you're writing comically or dramtically, you write from a...

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Douglas Coupland: If you don't...

Douglas Coupland: If you don't...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a...

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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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S J Perelman: English life, while...

S J Perelman: English life, while...

English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is...

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Frederick Douglass: The mind does...

Frederick Douglass: The mind does...

The mind does not take its complexion from the skin....

Source: In Famous Black...

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P D James: Life had taught...

P D James: Life had taught...

Life had taught hm that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven.

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E M Forster: Failure or success...

E M Forster: Failure or success...

Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of...

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Herman Melville: If I have...

Herman Melville: If I have...

If I have done the hardest possible day's work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably...

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Louisa May Alcott: A faithful friend...

Louisa May Alcott: A faithful friend...

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

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Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth...

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