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I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew that there was… — Chinua Achebe
We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for fuel but also… — Margaret Atwood
You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit cards. Emma Bovary would have… — Margaret Atwood
You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but power tends to… — Margaret Atwood
There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to… — Chinua Achebe
'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.' — Wystan Hugh Auden
To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why? — Wystan Hugh Auden
In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests. — John James Audubon
To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art. — John James Audubon
If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice. — Norman Ralph Augustine
What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure… — Saint Augustine
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some… — Saint Augustine
If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe. — Saint Augustine
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it… — Marcus Aurelius
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. — Sri Aurobindo
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to… — Jane Austen
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. — Jane Austen
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our mother or father… — Paul Auster
How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy… — Teresa of Avila

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