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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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Marquis de Sade: They declaim against...

Marquis de Sade: They declaim against...

They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Only a man...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Only a man...

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: All human wisdom...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: All human wisdom...

All human wisdom is summed up in two words -- wait and hope.

Source: The Count of...

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James Michener: It heartens me...

James Michener: It heartens me...

It heartens me to think of Verdi who composed thundering operas in his eighties; Michelangelo who did fine work in his...

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Stendhal: I call crystallization...

Stendhal: I call crystallization...

I call crystallization that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of...

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Sholem Asch: Not the power...

Sholem Asch: Not the power...

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our...

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Jane Austen: Everything nourishes what...

Jane Austen: Everything nourishes what...

Everything nourishes what is strong already.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Peter Abrahams: Many have changed...

Peter Abrahams: Many have changed...

Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on that own...

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Leo Rosten: Humor is, I...

Leo Rosten: Humor is, I...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other...

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Amy Tan: If you can't...

Amy Tan: If you can't...

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Judith Guest: Geez, if I...

Judith Guest: Geez, if I...

Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and...

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John Barth: Nothing is intrinsically...

John Barth: Nothing is intrinsically...

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing...

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John Barth: Like an ox-cart...

John Barth: Like an ox-cart...

Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going...

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Augusto Roa Bastos: Anyone who attempts...

Augusto Roa Bastos: Anyone who attempts...

Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of...

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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: The joys we...

Charles Reade: The joys we...

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

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Charles Reade: Make 'em laugh;...

Charles Reade: Make 'em laugh;...

Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

Source: Advice to an aspiring writer;...

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