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E M Forster: To make us...

E M Forster: To make us...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong...

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E M Forster: At night, when...

E M Forster: At night, when...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective...

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E M Forster: Beauty ought to...

E M Forster: Beauty ought to...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look...

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Madeleine L'Engle: In the evening...

Madeleine L'Engle: In the evening...

In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not...

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J G Ballard: What our children...

J G Ballard: What our children...

What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the...

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John Steinbeck: Writers are a...

John Steinbeck: Writers are a...

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Source: In...

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Salman Rushdie: In this world...

Salman Rushdie: In this world...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible,...

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Salman Rushdie: Not even the...

Salman Rushdie: Not even the...

Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to...

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Evelyn Waugh: I came to...

Evelyn Waugh: I came to...

I came to the conclusion many years ago that almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic...

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Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Source: Decline and...

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Marquis de Sade: Miserable creatures, thrown...

Marquis de Sade: Miserable creatures, thrown...

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

Source: In Collection...

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George Eliot: He was at...

George Eliot: He was at...

He was at a starting point which makes many a man's career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen...

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Mary McCarthy: We all live...

Mary McCarthy: We all live...

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own...

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Charles Dickens: I feel an...

Charles Dickens: I feel an...

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless...

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Charles Dickens: Dollars! All their...

Charles Dickens: Dollars! All their...

Dollars! All their cares, hopes, joys, affections, virtues, and associations seemed to be melted down into dollars....

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Charles Dickens: Oh gracious, why...

Charles Dickens: Oh gracious, why...

Oh gracious, why wasn't I born old and ugly?

Source: (Miss Miggs) Barnaby Rudge,...

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Charles Dickens: Bah,' said Scrooge....

Charles Dickens: Bah,' said Scrooge....

Bah,' said Scrooge. Humbug!

Source: 'A Christmas Carol'
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb...

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Charles Dickens: Wery good power...

Charles Dickens: Wery good power...

Wery good power o' suction, Sammy . . . You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that...

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Charles Dickens: If your governor...

Charles Dickens: If your governor...

If your governor don't prove a alleybi, he'll be what the Italians call reg'larly...

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