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Emily Dickinson: The brain is...

Emily Dickinson: The brain is...

The brain is wider than the sky;
For put them side by side
The one the other will contain with ease -
And you...

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William Carlos Williams: I think all...

William Carlos Williams: I think all...

I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.

Source: In Newsweek, 7 Jan...

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Robert Bly: I have wandered...

Robert Bly: I have wandered...

I have wandered in a face, for hours . . .

Source: In The Concise Columbia...

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John Clare: The present is...

John Clare: The present is...

The present is the funeral of the past,
And man the living sepulchre of life.


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Jean de LaFontaine: Patience and time...

Jean de LaFontaine: Patience and time...

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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Christina Rossetti: I might show...

Christina Rossetti: I might show...

I might show facts as plain as day:
But since your eyes are blind, you'd say,
Where? What? and turn...

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Edmund Spenser: It is the...

Edmund Spenser: It is the...

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

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Richard Armour: Until Eve arrived,...

Richard Armour: Until Eve arrived,...

Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.

Source: In Sisterhood is Powerful.
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Countee Cullen: So in the...

Countee Cullen: So in the...

So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds,
And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.


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Edith Sitwell: [T]he man of...

Edith Sitwell: [T]he man of...

[T]he man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are...

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Jean Anouilh: Life is a...

Jean Anouilh: Life is a...

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books -- but it is terrible when one has to live...

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George Chapman: And let a...

George Chapman: And let a...

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry,
He will be but a walking dictionary:
A mere articulate...

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Paul Eldridge: Praises for our...

Paul Eldridge: Praises for our...

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

Source: In The...

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Harold Pinter: In other words,...

Harold Pinter: In other words,...

In other words, apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?

Source:...

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Joe Orton: Reading isn't an...

Joe Orton: Reading isn't an...

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paper work down to a...

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Terence Rattigan: Aunt Edna is...

Terence Rattigan: Aunt Edna is...

Aunt Edna is universal, and to those who may feel that all the problems of the modern theatre might be solved by her...

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Christopher Hampton: I have always...

Christopher Hampton: I have always...

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

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Alan Alda: Here's my Golden...

Alan Alda: Here's my Golden...

Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with...

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Rod Steiger: We come. We...

Rod Steiger: We come. We...

We come. We go. And in between we try to understand.

Source: In The New Webster's...

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Rod Steiger: Complacency in the...

Rod Steiger: Complacency in the...

Complacency in the presence of miracles is like opening the door to your own tomb.

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