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Thomas Wolfe: Loneliness is the...

Thomas Wolfe: Loneliness is the...

Loneliness is the central and inevitable experience of every man.

Source: In...

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Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an...

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Jane Austen: It does not...

Jane Austen: It does not...

It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any...

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Jane Austen: She was nothing...

Jane Austen: She was nothing...

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging young woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her...

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Jane Austen: Single women have...

Jane Austen: Single women have...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of...

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Jane Austen: One does not...

Jane Austen: One does not...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but...

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Jane Austen: One of Edward's...

Jane Austen: One of Edward's...

One of Edward's Mistresses was Jane Shore, who has had a play written about her, but it is a tragedy and therefore not...

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Douglas Adams: You live and...

Douglas Adams: You live and...

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Source: From a collection of quotations...

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Richard Bach: What the caterpillar...

Richard Bach: What the caterpillar...

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

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Richard Bach: That she won...

Richard Bach: That she won...

That she won the game startled me cold. The way she won, the pattern of her thought on the chessboard, charmed me warm...

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P G Wodehouse: I know I...

P G Wodehouse: I know I...

I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I...

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P G Wodehouse: If I had...

P G Wodehouse: If I had...

If I had had to choose between him and a cockroach as a companion for a walking-tour, the cockroach would have had it...

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Aldous Huxley: There is no...

Aldous Huxley: There is no...

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.

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Aldous Huxley: The secret of...

Aldous Huxley: The secret of...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your...

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Charles Dickens: Bring in the...

Charles Dickens: Bring in the...

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

Source: The...

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Madeleine L'Engle: We can't take...

Madeleine L'Engle: We can't take...

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.

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Madeleine L'Engle: When we were...

Madeleine L'Engle: When we were...

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up...

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John Fowles: You are like...

John Fowles: You are like...

You are like a porcupine. When the animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And...

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Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man...

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Marguerite Duras: The thing that's...

Marguerite Duras: The thing that's...

The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a...

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