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“Think of the very words “novel,” “romance” — what do they mean but exaggeration of one bit of life?” quote by George Gissing — Download Open image

““Think of the very words “novel,” “romance” — what do they mean but exaggeration of one bit of life?””

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Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?…

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It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days…

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Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

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Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure.

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The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm.

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“I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment approves it.”

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“The truth was that nature had endowed them with a larger share of brains than was common in their circle, and had added that…

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“Her womanhood went eagerly to meet him.”

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Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?

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I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask?

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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and…

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Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity.

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If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.

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If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

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“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.”

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The Rosary is the book of the blind.

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“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…

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