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George Eliot: There is much...

George Eliot: There is much...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the...

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George Eliot: It is never...

George Eliot: It is never...

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Source: In The World's Best...

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George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.

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George Eliot: I desire no...

George Eliot: I desire no...

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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George Eliot: A toddling little...

George Eliot: A toddling little...

A toddling little girl is a center of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each...

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Jane Austen: An egg boiled...

Jane Austen: An egg boiled...

An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.

Source: (Mr Woodhouse) Emma, Ch....

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Jane Austen: One half the...

Jane Austen: One half the...

One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: In...

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Hannah Arendt: Wherever the relevance...

Hannah Arendt: Wherever the relevance...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a...

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Rita Mae Brown: Don't ask to...

Rita Mae Brown: Don't ask to...

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.

Source:...

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Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have a life of their own, quite apart from...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: One would like...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: One would like...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: I don't say...

Mary Wortley Montagu: I don't say...

I don't say 'tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of...

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Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: We travellers are...

Mary Wortley Montagu: We travellers are...

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and...

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P D James: Life had taught...

P D James: Life had taught...

Life had taught hm that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven.

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George Eliot: Most of us...

George Eliot: Most of us...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach...

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George Eliot: It is easy...

George Eliot: It is easy...

It is easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

Sympathetic people often don't communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own...

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Jane Austen: From politics, it...

Jane Austen: From politics, it...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jane Austen: In every power,...

Jane Austen: In every power,...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the...

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