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George Orwell: The books one...

George Orwell: The books one...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a sort of...

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Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although. . . he may be permitted to be an...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: No matter how...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: No matter how...

No matter how hardened to danger a man may be, he always realizes from the pounding of his heart and the shivering of...

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Judith Guest: He had led...

Judith Guest: He had led...

He had led off being a perfectionist when he discovered that not promptly kept appointments, not a house circumspectly...

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Susan Warner: He who serves...

Susan Warner: He who serves...

He who serves God with what costs him nothing, will do very little service, you may depend on...

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J G Ballard: Everything is becoming...

J G Ballard: Everything is becoming...

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact...

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Betty Smith: I wrote about...

Betty Smith: I wrote about...

I wrote about people who liked, fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in...

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Betty Smith: There's a tree...

Betty Smith: There's a tree...

There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it...

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Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

You mischievous child! she cried, in great excitement. What are you thinking of? Why have you taken everything off?...

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Barbara Kingsolver: Sometimes the strength...

Barbara Kingsolver: Sometimes the strength...

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Source: In The...

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Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Source:...

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Nella Larsen: If a man...

Nella Larsen: If a man...

If a man calls me a nigger it's his fault the first time, but mine if he has the opportunity to do it...

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William Styron: They are the...

William Styron: They are the...

They are the constants of life, at the core of life, along with nice little delights that come along every now and...

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Lawrence Durrell: Like all young...

Lawrence Durrell: Like all young...

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

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Lawrence Durrell: I'm trying to...

Lawrence Durrell: I'm trying to...

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

Source: Sunday...

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Harry Crews: Teaching, real teaching,...

Harry Crews: Teaching, real teaching,...

Teaching, real teaching, is -- or ought to be -- a messy business.

Source: Personal...

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Patrick White: I dunno,' Arthur...

Patrick White: I dunno,' Arthur...

I dunno,' Arthur said. 'I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I've learnt.'

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Ronald Firbank: To be sympathetic...

Ronald Firbank: To be sympathetic...

To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating.

Source:...

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Ronald Firbank: All millionaires love...

Ronald Firbank: All millionaires love...

All millionaires love a baked apple.

Source: Vainglory, Ch. 13.
-- Ronald...

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Sloan Wilson: It is impossible...

Sloan Wilson: It is impossible...

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by...

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