You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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“Vronsky meanwhile, in spite of the complete fulfilment of what he had so long desired, was not completely happy. He soon felt… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
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She looked at his young face, so full of concern and tenderness; and she remembered why she had run away from everyone… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
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To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the realization of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We wish we could have been there for you. We didn't have many role models of our own--we latched on to the… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Oh! to be a child again. My only treasures, bits of shell and stone and glass. To love nothing but maple sugar.… — Fanny Fern Copy Share Image
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...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
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Everyday is hard for me the thoughts the feelings the desire and longing to it the end and when will it end… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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All the women of this fevered night, all that I had danced with, all whom I had kindled or who have kindled… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
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I think no country is going to be immune from the Arab awakening because the Arab awakening is driven by deep human… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
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I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Twilight is the… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
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Art is the pure realization of religious feeling, capacity for faith, longing for God. ... The ability to believe is our outstanding… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
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