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True Quotes (page 69)

I am tired of the position of the dried-up critic and doubter. The believer is the true full man. (from a biography of James by Robert D. Richardson) William James
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a..."
Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both truth and art. Vladimir Nabokov
The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange. Walt Whitman
Howard Stern quote: "Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all,..."
Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not? Howard Stern
Tom Clancy quote: "Even true believers had consciences, Too bad."
Even true believers had consciences, Too bad. Tom Clancy
Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy. William Golding
My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest; Where can we find two better hemispheres, Without sharp north, without declining west? Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally; If our two loves be one, or, thou and I Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die. John Donne
The only true non-conformists are in the asylums; the only radically free spirits are in the death house awaiting the chair. We live by patterns. Herman Wouk
I let one thing result from another. Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences. And whether that's true or not, I know the intention was there. Becasue when I want something to happen-or not happen- I begin to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid. Amy Tan
What she hadn't realized was that sometimes when your vision was that sharp and true, it could cut you. That only if you'd felt such fullness could you really understand the ache of being empty. Jodi Picoult
Just to be in love seemed the most blissful luxury I had ever known. The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being loved in return -- that perhaps true loving can never know anything but happiness. For a moment I felt that I had discovered a great truth. Dodie Smith
i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am walking the true road, if i am slain, then i die in the knowledge that for a brief time, at least, i was part of somethin bigger. this road has perils and i will surely die on it, but, i am not afraid to die. R. A. Salvatore
Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character. David O. McKay
You make something from things that have happened and from things that exist and from all things that you know and all those you cannot know, and you make something through your invention that is truer than anything true and alive, and if you make it well enough, you give it immortality. Ernest Hemingway
Henry David Thoreau quote: "He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate."
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate. Henry David Thoreau

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