"However, no two people see the external world……" — Penelope Fitzgerald
"However, no two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is - in other words, not a thing, but a think."
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17 Quotes by Penelope Fitzgerald
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I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other…
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More than that, I believe that the grass is green because green is restful to the human eye, that the…
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The body, then, has a mind of its own. It must follow, then, that the Mind has a body of…
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A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is…
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I have remained true to my deepest convictions. I mean the courage of those who are born to be defeated,…
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Experiences aren't given to us to be 'got over,' otherwise they would hardly be experiences.
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It is interesting to note that everyone has a different take on the world, a different opinion, and given the…
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It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out…
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If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.
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On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings…
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A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond…
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Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing.
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