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- 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…
- 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…
- Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer.
- And she hates being managed - that is not the word I want. What is it, Maturin?' 'Manipulated.' 'Exactly. She is a dutiful girl -…
- 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…
- My wife and I have spent most of our lives in France, and we are both pretty well bilingual, my wife more purely than I,…
- In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
- Take a newspaper account of Waterloo or Trafalgar, with all the small advertisements: it seems much more real than reading about it in a history…
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
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- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams