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Chuang-tzu: Rewards and punishments...

Chuang-tzu: Rewards and punishments...

Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

Source: In Collection of...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains,
But Emigrated to another star!


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James Joyce: Christopher Columbus, as...

James Joyce: Christopher Columbus, as...

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover...

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Robert Graves: A well chosen...

Robert Graves: A well chosen...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as...

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Anne Tyler: My family can...

Anne Tyler: My family can...

My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.

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S J Perelman: Learning is what...

S J Perelman: Learning is what...

Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.

Source: In...

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley: Sir Christopher Wren<br>Said,...

Edmund Clerihew Bentley: Sir Christopher Wren
Said,...

Sir Christopher Wren
Said, 'I am going to dine with some men.
If anybody calls
Say I am designing St...

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Djuna Barnes: A strong sense...

Djuna Barnes: A strong sense...

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the...

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Djuna Barnes: Time is a...

Djuna Barnes: Time is a...

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: Before we can...

Maxine Hong Kingston: Before we can...

Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade...

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Charles W Chesnutt: Impossibilities are merely...

Charles W Chesnutt: Impossibilities are merely...

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to...

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Charles W Chesnutt: I think I...

Charles W Chesnutt: I think I...

I think I must write a book It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to...

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Enid Bagnold: Dead news like...

Enid Bagnold: Dead news like...

Dead news like dead love has no phoenix in its ashes.

Source: National Velvet/...

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Marguerite Duras: No other human...

Marguerite Duras: No other human...

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the...

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Carlos Fuentes: By its very...

Carlos Fuentes: By its very...

By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last...

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Milan Kundera: The serial number...

Milan Kundera: The serial number...

The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It...

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Thomas Hardy: [I] prefer the...

Thomas Hardy: [I] prefer the...

[I] prefer the large intention of an unskillful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other...

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Sylvia Plath: There must be...

Sylvia Plath: There must be...

There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

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Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

Source: In The Fourth 637 Best...

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Boris Pasternak: Art has two...

Boris Pasternak: Art has two...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great,...

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