Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I was five years old, I doubt that my daughter ever will,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
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Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
We have the whitest kitchens and the most shining bathrooms in the world. But in the lovely white kitchen the average [person]… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
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One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
I have nothing against the North Koreans but this Kim Jong Un has got a screw loose. A member of his cabinet,… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
If your little savage were left to himself and be allowed to retain all his ignorance, he would in time join the… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
London is a city that sleeps too much. This is the mould of its quality. A magnetic contract: to reinvent itself on… — Iain Sinclair Copy Share Image
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Best and I worked in the sub-basement of the old medical building day and night. Time, meals, sleep - all were of… — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a man she has just met in a… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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![“Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since when all's said and done the language of the beasts tends to revolve around: a) the endless hunt for food, b) finding a warm bush to sleep in the evening, and c) the…” quote by Jonathan Stroud](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a1b/jonathan-stroud-3021_animal_not-bad-in-short-though-the-last-one-und_2747505.png)
![“We have the whitest kitchens and the most shining bathrooms in the world. But in the lovely white kitchen the average [person] can’t produce a meal fit to eat, and the lovely shining bathroom is mostly a receptacle for deodorants, laxatives, sleeping pills, and the products of that confidence…” quote by Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/11e/raymond-chandler-629_average_we-have-the-whitest-kitchens-and-the-mos_3191092.jpg)
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