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Marquis de Sade: Are wars. ....

Marquis de Sade: Are wars. ....

Are wars. . . anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is...

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William Makepeace Thackeray: Attacking is the...

William Makepeace Thackeray: Attacking is the...

Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it...

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Margaret Mitchell: Until you've lost...

Margaret Mitchell: Until you've lost...

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really...

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Tillie Olsen: And when is...

Tillie Olsen: And when is...

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

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Anzia Yezierska: The real thing...

Anzia Yezierska: The real thing...

The real thing creates its own poetry.

Source: Red Ribbon on a White Horse,...

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Vance Palmer: Beyond the horizon...

Vance Palmer: Beyond the horizon...

Beyond the horizon . . . a great, creative impulse is at work -- the only thing that gives this continent meaning and...

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Mary Stewart: The best way...

Mary Stewart: The best way...

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you...

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Paul Theroux: Extensive traveling induces...

Paul Theroux: Extensive traveling induces...

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the...

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Judith Guest: To have a...

Judith Guest: To have a...

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A...

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Judith Guest: People who keep...

Judith Guest: People who keep...

People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

Source:...

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Barbara Cartland: Of course they...

Barbara Cartland: Of course they...

Of course they have, or I wouldn't be sitting here talking to someone like you.

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Hugh Walpole: It isn't life...

Hugh Walpole: It isn't life...

It isn't life that matters, it's the courage you bring to it.

Source: In My...

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Anthony Burgess: Blockbusting fiction is...

Anthony Burgess: Blockbusting fiction is...

Blockbusting fiction is bought as furniture. Unread, it maintains its value. Read, it looks like money wasted....

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Charles Morgan: As knowledge increases,...

Charles Morgan: As knowledge increases,...

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Alan Paton: Life has not...

Alan Paton: Life has not...

Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of...

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Margaret Truman: He took pride...

Margaret Truman: He took pride...

He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate.

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Malcolm Bradbury: Reading someone else's...

Malcolm Bradbury: Reading someone else's...

Reading someone else's newspaper is like sleeping with someone else's wife. Nothing seems to be precisely in the right...

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Jane Austen: Those who do...

Jane Austen: Those who do...

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride & Prejudice, 1813.
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Jane Austen: A single woman...

Jane Austen: A single woman...

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: If you wish...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: If you wish...

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man . . .you will get better results if you just watch...

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