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Gertrude Stein: One does not...

Gertrude Stein: One does not...

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper -- whether...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Shirley Jackson: It is only...

Shirley Jackson: It is only...

It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of...

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Margaret Atwood: The Eskimos had...

Margaret Atwood: The Eskimos had...

The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for...

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Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Most writers are trying to find what they think or feel. . . . not simply working from the given, but toward the...

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Rutherford B Hayes: Virtue is defined...

Rutherford B Hayes: Virtue is defined...

Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.

Source: In...

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Taylor Caldwell: But what was...

Taylor Caldwell: But what was...

But what was a body? Dust, dung, urine, itches. It was the light within which was important, and it was not...

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Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a...

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Peter De Vries: Every novel should...

Peter De Vries: Every novel should...

Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end.

Source: In Webster's...

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John LeCarre: A committee is...

John LeCarre: A committee is...

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

Source: Smiley, in Tinker, Tailor,...

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Deepak Chopra: The physical world,...

Deepak Chopra: The physical world,...

The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the...

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Benjamin Rush: Our authors and...

Benjamin Rush: Our authors and...

Our authors and scholars are generally men of business, and make their literary pursuits subservient to their...

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Thomas Browne: Obstinacy in a...

Thomas Browne: Obstinacy in a...

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.

Source: Religio Medici, pt. 1,...

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Wayne Dyer: Be miserable. Or...

Wayne Dyer: Be miserable. Or...

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Never believe straight...

Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Never believe straight...

Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's yes, all's well. ...

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Loren Eiseley: It was the...

Loren Eiseley: It was the...

It was the failures who had always won, but by the time they won they had come to be called successes. This is the...

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Robert Brustein: The people who...

Robert Brustein: The people who...

The people who spoke [those lines] were inhabitants of the earth, not brocaded humanoids from some far-flung...

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Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

But the typical lady everywhere tends to the feudal habit of mind.

Source:...

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Freda Adler: Woman throughout the...

Freda Adler: Woman throughout the...

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.

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