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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I see the...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I see the...

I see the mind of a 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and...

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Peter De Vries: I wanted to...

Peter De Vries: I wanted to...

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

Source: Comfort me with...

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Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to...

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Sir Walter Besant: I am afraid...

Sir Walter Besant: I am afraid...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best...

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P G Wodehouse: The Right Hon....

P G Wodehouse: The Right Hon....

The Right Hon. was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say...

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James Thurber: A drawing is...

James Thurber: A drawing is...

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

Source: New Yorker ...

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James Thurber: A burden in...

James Thurber: A burden in...

A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Generosity is a...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Generosity is a...

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his...

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Fay Weldon: You end up...

Fay Weldon: You end up...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you...

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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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Salman Rushdie: A book is...

Salman Rushdie: A book is...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in...

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Salman Rushdie: Books choose their...

Salman Rushdie: Books choose their...

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

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Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Source: La Chamade,...

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Charles Dickens: You can only...

Charles Dickens: You can only...

You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. Stick...

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Richard Bach: It is by...

Richard Bach: It is by...

It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room...

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Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Source: Hawthorne,...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is...

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George Sand: One approaches the...

George Sand: One approaches the...

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

Source:...

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Iris Murdoch: A bad review...

Iris Murdoch: A bad review...

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

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Max Eastman: People who demand...

Max Eastman: People who demand...

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status...

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