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Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly? Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul. And when he has made it, it is not given to all to know it. To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want... W. Somerset Maugham
He was directly invited to join their party, but he declined it, observing that he could imagine but two motives for their choosing to walk up and down the room together, with either of which motives his joining them would interfere. "What could he mean? She was dying to know what could be his meaning?"--and asked Elizabeth whether she could at all understand him? "Not at all," was her answer; "but depend upon it, he means to be severe on us, and our surest way of disappointing him will be to... Jane Austen
One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphood was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn’t understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid. He was renowned for being amazingly clever and quite clearly... Douglas Adams
Henry Miller quote: "The most wonderful opportunity which life offers is to be human."
The most wonderful opportunity which life offers is to be human. Henry Miller
the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I must add... my gratitude to you for the attention with which you have listened to me, for, from my numerous observations, our Liberals are never capable of letting anyone else have a conviction of his own without at once meeting their opponent with abuse or even something worse. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Richard Henry Dana, Jr. quote: "There is something in the clear blue warm sea of the tropics,..."
There is something in the clear blue warm sea of the tropics, which gives to the stranger a feeling of unreality. Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
He said that even the damned in hell have the community of their suffering and he thought that he’d guessed out likewise for the living a nominal grief like a grange from which disaster and ruin are proportioned by laws of equity too subtle for divining. Cormac McCarthy
Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to forment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation. Abigail Adams
Nothing can be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon and left one unexpended effort which might have saved the world. Jane Addams
Walter Benjamin quote: "to great writers, finished works weigh lighter than those..."
to great writers, finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they labor their entire lives. Walter Benjamin
The capital is become an overgrown monster; which like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support. Tobias Smollett
John Steinbeck quote: "There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but..."
There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort. John Steinbeck
When members of a society wish to secure that society's rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development. Maya Angelou
C. S. Lewis quote: "I write for the unlearned about things in which I am unlearned..."
I write for the unlearned about things in which I am unlearned myself. C. S. Lewis

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