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Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

Source: The Middle Ground,...

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Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of...

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Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Wilkie Collins: Peace rules the...

Wilkie Collins: Peace rules the...

Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind.

Source: In The Forbes Book of...

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Tom Clancy: The difference between...

Tom Clancy: The difference between...

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

Source:...

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Francoise Sagan: Writing is a...

Francoise Sagan: Writing is a...

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a...

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Clive Barker: The threads can...

Clive Barker: The threads can...

The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that; though as the...

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Milan Kundera: Optimism is the...

Milan Kundera: Optimism is the...

Optimism is the opium of the people.

Source: The Joke, pt. 3, ch. 3 (1967; tr....

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Milan Kundera: The only reason...

Milan Kundera: The only reason...

The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.

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Margaret Atwood: If I were...

Margaret Atwood: If I were...

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints...

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Kingsley Amis: He resolved, having...

Kingsley Amis: He resolved, having...

He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.

Source: On...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole...

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Charles Kingsley: We act as...

Charles Kingsley: We act as...

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy...

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Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.

Source:
-- Charles Buxton, ( ...

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Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

Source: The Country of the...

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Artemus Ward: When a fellow...

Artemus Ward: When a fellow...

When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.

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Artemus Ward: Why is this...

Artemus Ward: Why is this...

Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?

Source: Artemus Ward's...

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Italo Calvino: Biographical data, even...

Italo Calvino: Biographical data, even...

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare...

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John LeCarre: Writing is like...

John LeCarre: Writing is like...

Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud...

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