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Lawrence Durrell: It's only with...

Lawrence Durrell: It's only with...

It's only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdry that you can get...

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Clive Barker: There was time...

Clive Barker: There was time...

There was time for all their miracles now. For ghosts and transformations; for passion and ambiguity; for noon-day...

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Robert Ludlum: A large part...

Robert Ludlum: A large part...

A large part of this story took place a while back. And quite a bit of it tomorrow. Such is the poetic license of...

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Arnold Bennett: Always behave as...

Arnold Bennett: Always behave as...

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

Source:...

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Edward Westcott: They say a...

Edward Westcott: They say a...

They say a reasonable amount 'o fleas is good fer a dog -- keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog,...

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Alex Haley: History is written...

Alex Haley: History is written...

History is written by the winners.

Source: Interview on David Frost Show, 20 Apr...

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Elie Wiesel: There are victories...

Elie Wiesel: There are victories...

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

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S J Perelman: I've got Bright's...

S J Perelman: I've got Bright's...

I've got Bright's disease and he's got mine.

Source: Attributed.
-- S J...

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George Ade: After being turned...

George Ade: After being turned...

After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.

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E M Forster: Think before you...

E M Forster: Think before you...

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think creation's.

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: [T]he House of...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: [T]he House of...

[T]he House of Maidens was for little girls whose whole duty in life was to spill things, break things, and forget...

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Nella Larsen: It was ....

Nella Larsen: It was ....

It was . . . enough to suffer as a woman, an individual, on one's own account, without having to suffer for the race...

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Wilfrid Sheed: One reason the...

Wilfrid Sheed: One reason the...

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from...

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Don Delillo: Californians invented the...

Don Delillo: Californians invented the...

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

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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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E M Forster: Faith, to my...

E M Forster: Faith, to my...

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as...

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E M Forster: Happiness in the...

E M Forster: Happiness in the...

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true...

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John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy...

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Don Delillo: There's always a...

Don Delillo: There's always a...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes...

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George Eliot: Tis God gives...

George Eliot: Tis God gives...

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without...

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