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Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take…
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That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.
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She had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked.
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Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.
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Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly like acetylene…
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One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.
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If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
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I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one…
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I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me.
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Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession would be…
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Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
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Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of…
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When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried'…
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Soon someone would say the fatal words, "Well, I think it’s time for me to go to bed.
— Evelyn Waugh
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As I’m so often reminded what a priceless gift my life is, I ache with everything in me to make it count,…
— Adam Young
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Don't ever compare a girl to a bulldog. You may see the side you don't want to. Now if you compare her…
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They say a picture paints a thousand words. Well I say my eyes will tell you everything you need to know. Can…
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When I say I love you, what's you understanding of those three words? well I'm gonna tell you what I mean when…
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People say Death and Hatred are strong words,well so is Love,but you still somehow manage to use it.
— Eugenia Jabkowski
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