"Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the……" — William H. Gass
"Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the quarters are often spent on penny candy."
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William H. Gass
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41 Quotes by William H. Gass
William H. Gass has 41 quotes on this site.
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The death of God represents not only the realization that gods have never existed, but the contention that such a…
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If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.
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What one wants to do with stories is screw them up.
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Getting even is one reason for writing.
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I get very tense working, so I often have to get up and wander around the house. It is very…
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I usually have poor to absent relations with editors because they have a habit of desiring changes and I resist…
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The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and…
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Works of art are meant to be lived with and loved, and if we try to understand them, we should…
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Fiction becomes visual by becoming verbal
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Words [are] more beautiful than a found fall leaf.
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The expression to write something down suggests a descent of thought to the fingers whose movements immediately falsify it.
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For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages…
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More Candy Quotes
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one of 439 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally…
— Scott Adams
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Working with Candy Bergen was really wonderful.
— Jacqueline Bisset
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All the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911.
— Lewis Black
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The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn is the only candy…
— Lewis Black
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I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think that's something to smile about.
— Brandon Boyd
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You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.
— George Carlin
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We (The British) have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we…
— Winston Churchill
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New Rule: If an Evangelical tries to use Halloween to pimp Jesus to kids, they get to egg his house.…
— Bill Maher
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1,2,3, I'm at the Chelsey Hotel, like, Sid and Nancy, with knife, and two grams of candy
— Yelawolf
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Power is what they want, not candy-power to execute their design, power to give legs and feet, form and actuality…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"On unanticipated problems: There's been "a dramatic increase in edibles." And "no one had ever worried about dosage sizes. The…
— John Hickenlooper
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On Valentine's Day, millions of men give millions of women flowers, cards and candy as a heartfelt expression of the…
— Dave Barry
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