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History repeats itself but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is utterly gone out of the world as the song of a...more

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He remembered that she was pretty, and, more, that she had a special grace in the intimacy of life. She had the secret of individuality which excites ...more

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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

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Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief...more

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He lived then before me, he lived as much as he had ever lived---a shadow insatiable of splendid appearances, of frightful realities, a shadow darker ...more

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A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line...To snatch in a moment of courage, from the...more

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Liberty of imagination should be the most precious possession of a novelist. To try voluntarily to discover the fettering dogmas of its own inspiratio...more

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Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith toget...more

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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song o...more

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The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as the future.

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Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

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I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each other, to devo...more

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It was not my strength that wanted nursing, it was my imagination that wanted soothing.

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Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yoursel...more

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Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the coast. There wasn't even a shed there, and she was shelling the bush. It appears the Fren...more