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John Mortimer: I refuse to...

John Mortimer: I refuse to...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years...

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James Agee: As a whole...

James Agee: As a whole...

As a whole part of psychological education it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that...

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Thomas Love Peacock: There are two...

Thomas Love Peacock: There are two...

There are two reasons for drinking; one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to...

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James Fenimore Cooper: The common faults...

James Fenimore Cooper: The common faults...

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of...

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Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading-
It vexes me to choose another guide.


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Faith Baldwin: Time is a...

Faith Baldwin: Time is a...

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

Source: Face Toward the...

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Dr Seuss: [A]s you partake...

Dr Seuss: [A]s you partake...

[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare,
that's darned good advice to follow.
Do a lot of spitting out the...

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Stephen Potter: How to be...

Stephen Potter: How to be...

How to be one up - how to make the other man feel that something has gone wrong, however...

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P D James: A man who...

P D James: A man who...

A man who lives with nature is used to violence and is companionable with death. There is more violence in an English...

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Francois LaRochefoucauld: We hardly find...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: We hardly find...

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us.

Source: In...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your...

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Natalia Ginzburg: Every day silence...

Natalia Ginzburg: Every day silence...

Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness.

Source: The...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Life is obstinate...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Life is obstinate...

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

Source: Frankenstein,...

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Mickey Spillane: I'm a commercial...

Mickey Spillane: I'm a commercial...

I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one...

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Robert Stone: One doesn't consider...

Robert Stone: One doesn't consider...

One doesn't consider style, because style is.

Source: In W.O.W. - Writers on...

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Beatrix Potter: Thank God I...

Beatrix Potter: Thank God I...

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land...

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Kenneth Grahame: Well, well, perhaps...

Kenneth Grahame: Well, well, perhaps...

Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am --my friends get round me --we chaff, we...

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Robertson Davies: The eye sees...

Robertson Davies: The eye sees...

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

Source: In Webster's...

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R S Surtees: I'll fill hup...

R S Surtees: I'll fill hup...

I'll fill hup the chinks wi' cheese.

Source: Handley Cross, Ch. 1
-- R S...

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Henry James, Jr: She had an...

Henry James, Jr: She had an...

She had an unequaled gift. . . of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.

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