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The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injuriou...

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Charles DarwinThe Autobiography of Charles Darwin

Her father dropped her off in front of the place where she was to live and left the engine running. ...

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True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literatu...

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The writer's characters must stand before us with a wonderful clarity, such continuous clarity that ...

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John Gardner (British writer)The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers

Your story is not a picture of life; it lacks the elements of truth. And why? Simply because you run...

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I almost wish I hadn't any conscience; its so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing right and d...

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