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Robert Ludlum: The plot surges...

Robert Ludlum: The plot surges...

The plot surges forward, complex gears mesh and strip and make a hell of a lot of noise -- drowning out the worki of...

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Alexander Woollcott: At 83 Shaw's...

Alexander Woollcott: At 83 Shaw's...

At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone...

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Hugh Walpole: All paraphrases and...

Hugh Walpole: All paraphrases and...

All paraphrases and expletives are so much in disuse that soon the only way of making love will be to say, Lie...

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Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Well, we're all somebody, of course, in one sense. Of course we're not nobody.''
I am not so sure what you think...

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Shirley Hazzard: Do you ever...

Shirley Hazzard: Do you ever...

Do you ever notice, asked Luisa, how easy it is to forgive a person any number of faults for one endearing...

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Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass...

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Don Delillo: Men with secrets...

Don Delillo: Men with secrets...

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need...

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Alan Paton: If you wrote...

Alan Paton: If you wrote...

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth...

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William Gilmore Simms: The true law...

William Gilmore Simms: The true law...

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is...

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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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Charles W Chesnutt: There's time enough,...

Charles W Chesnutt: There's time enough,...

There's time enough, but none to spare.

Source: The Marrow of Tradition,...

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John Oliver Killens: Integration begins the...

John Oliver Killens: Integration begins the...

Integration begins the day after the minds of the people are desegregated.

Source:...

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Rose Tremain: Kept falling in...

Rose Tremain: Kept falling in...

Kept falling in and out of it [sleep] like out of a boat or a tipping hammock.

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Marguerite Duras: Before they're plumbers...

Marguerite Duras: Before they're plumbers...

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, men are men. Whether heterosexual or...

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Thomas Hardy: That man's silence...

Thomas Hardy: That man's silence...

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Source: Spinks, in Under the...

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Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray...

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Andre Gide: One doesn't discover...

Andre Gide: One doesn't discover...

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long...

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Theodore Roosevelt: There is a...

Theodore Roosevelt: There is a...

There is a homely adage which runs: ``Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go...

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Prince of Wales Charles: You have to...

Prince of Wales Charles: You have to...

You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe - when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything...

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