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What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running aw...more

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There was a basic harmony between Antonia and her mistress [Mrs. Harling]. They had strong, independent natures, both of them. They knew what they lik...more

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Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

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Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they...more

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I was thinking, as I watched her, how little it mattered-- about her teeth, for instance. I know so many women who have kept all the things that she h...more

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There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.

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Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like ...more

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Most beautiful of all was the tarnished gold of the elms, with a little brown in it, a little bronze, a little blue, even-- a blue like amethyst, whic...more