Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
E. M. FORSTERThe other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too. She was indignant and cried, “Let go-it’s my onion,” and as soon as she said, “my onion,” the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames.
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
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I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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There are periods in the most thrilling day during which nothing happens, and though we continue to exclaim, “I do enjoy myself”, or , “I am horrified,” we are insincere.
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The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.
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Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend.
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But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
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I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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