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What matters in the end in literature, what is always there, is the truly good. And -- though played out forms can throw up miraculous sports like The Importance of Being Earnest or Decline and Fall-- what is good is always what is new, in both form and content. What is good forgets whatever models it might have had, and is unexpected; we have to catch it on the wing. ((p. 62, Reading & Writing) V. S. Naipaul
It was like living in a new house. I saw the undersides of tables, walked through the tangle of chair legs. It would be good to be a dog, I thought. You would feel safe surrounded by all of these leggy objects that never tried to run away. Augusten Burroughs
I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change. Haruki Murakami
Ringo Starr quote: "I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school..."
I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me. Ringo Starr
When I was all set to go, when I had my bags and all, I stood for a while next to the stairs and took a last look down the goddam corridor. I was sort of crying. I don't know why. I put my red hunting hat on, and turned the peak around to the back, the way I liked it, and then I yelled at the top of my goddam voice, "Sleep tight, ya morons!" I'll bet I woke up every bastard on the whole floor. Then I got the hell out. Some stupid guy had thrown peanut shells all over the stairs, and I damn... J. D. Salinger
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Nelson Mandela
Arthur Miller quote: "John Proctor: I will fall like an ocean on that court!"
John Proctor: I will fall like an ocean on that court! Arthur Miller
Anne Sexton quote: "Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren"
Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren Anne Sexton
Emile Zola quote: "Blow the candle out, I don't need to see what my thoughts look..."
Blow the candle out, I don't need to see what my thoughts look like. Emile Zola
Stephen King quote: "Nobody likes a clown at midnight"
Nobody likes a clown at midnight Stephen King
I know that as a very young child, I was afraid of death. Many children become aware of the notion of death early and it can be a very troubling thing. We're all in this continuum: I'm this age now, and if I live long enough I'll be that age. I was 20 once, I was 10, I was 4. People who are 20 now will be 50 one day. They don't know that! They know it in the abstract, but they don't know it. I'd like them to know it, because I think it gives you compassion. Charlie Kaufman
Truth is, I think naked men are kind of strange looking what with their doodles and ding-dong hanging loose like they do. Nevertheless, there's the curiosity thing. I guess it's another one of those car crash experiences, where you feel compelled to look even if you know you'll be horrified. Janet Evanovich
A bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. "You want to be careful with those," Ron warned Harry. "When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor - you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe. George reckons he had a booger-flavored one once." Ron picked up a green bean, looked at it carefully, and bit into a corner. "Bleaaargh - see? Sprouts. J. K. Rowling
Philip Roth quote: "Everyone becomes a part of history whether they like it or not..."
Everyone becomes a part of history whether they like it or not and whether they know it or not. Philip Roth
Graham Greene quote: "She was his like a table or a chair, but a table owned you,..."
She was his like a table or a chair, but a table owned you, too - by your fingerprints. Graham Greene

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