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- It meant that Diana had not waited for any explanation, however halting and imperfect, but had condemned him unheard; and this showed a much harder,…
- But the tale or narrative set in the past may have its particular time-free value; and the candid reader will not misunderstand me, will not…
- Sir,’ said Stephen, ‘I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them--I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature, conveying…
- Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family,and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the…
- I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for…
- You are to consider that a certain melancholy and often a certain irascibility accompany advancing age: indeed it might be said that advancing age equals…
- Since I grew up, I have never deliberately used any technique at all other than the physical shaping of my tale so that it more…
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- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- If she didn't reply to any of your 20 texts, she probably doesn't have good cell service. Definitely don't stop texting her. — Nikhil Saluja
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Do you know how much you mean to me? Do you know that you are the first thing I think of when… — Superman
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts… — Kate Beckinsale
- The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has… — Ralph Waldo Emerson