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Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved...

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John Mortimer: All the flower...

John Mortimer: All the flower...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

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Anne Bronte: But he that...

Anne Bronte: But he that...

But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.


Source: The...

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Thomas Love Peacock: A book that...

Thomas Love Peacock: A book that...

A book that furnishes no quotations is, me judice, no book -- it is a plaything.

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Boris Pasternak: Everything established, settled,...

Boris Pasternak: Everything established, settled,...

Everything established, settled, everything to do with home and order and the common round, has crumbled into dust and...

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Joyce Carol Oates: Our house is...

Joyce Carol Oates: Our house is...

Our house is made of glass . . . and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect...

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Dorothy Gilman: If something anticipated...

Dorothy Gilman: If something anticipated...

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel -- nothing at...

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John Galsworthy: One's eyes are...

John Galsworthy: One's eyes are...

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth what one becomes.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean Paul Richter: A timid person...

Jean Paul Richter: A timid person...

A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person...

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James Fenimore Cooper: The Americans ....

James Fenimore Cooper: The Americans ....

The Americans . . . are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human...

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Vicki Baum: A woman who...

Vicki Baum: A woman who...

A woman who is loved always has success.

Source: Grand Hotel, 1929.
-- Vicki...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: People who have...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: People who have...

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

Source: In...

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Alexandra Ripley: Should-haves solve nothing....

Alexandra Ripley: Should-haves solve nothing....

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

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Alexandra Ripley: [The publishers] wanted...

Alexandra Ripley: [The publishers] wanted...

[The publishers] wanted some kind of book that lands on the best-seller list again and again. They didn't understand...

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Malcolm Bradbury: If God had...

Malcolm Bradbury: If God had...

If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had 10 Commandments. We'd have had The 10...

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Faith Baldwin: Character builds slowly,...

Faith Baldwin: Character builds slowly,...

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Source:...

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William H Gass: [For the speedy...

William H Gass: [For the speedy...

[For the speedy reader] paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points,...

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John Mortimer: The freedom to...

John Mortimer: The freedom to...

The freedom to make a fortune on the Stock Exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of...

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Eden Phillpotts: His father's sister...

Eden Phillpotts: His father's sister...

His father's sister had bats in the belfry and was put away.

Source: My First...

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Erich Segal: What can you...

Erich Segal: What can you...

What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful? And brilliant. That she love Mozart and...

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