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From my boyhood I have had an intense and overwhelming conviction that my real vocation lay in the direction of literature. I have, however, had a mos...more

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I have wrought my simple planIf I give one hour of joyTo the boy who’s half a man,Or the man who’s half a boy.

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It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved m...more

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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. You may not appreciate them at first. You may pine...more

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I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, or how lonely the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with it all the ...more

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It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have...more

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There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.