Quote #2648
Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
Quote #13525
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
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No great deed, private or public, had ever been undertaken in a bliss of...
Quote #32162
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling,...
Quote #13012
I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.
Quote #10631
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just...
Quote #21303
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear...
Quote #10826
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don?t know what...
Quote #6553
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no...
Quote #2720
Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle...