Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?
GERTRUDE STEINI just tell you and though I dont sound like it I’ve got plenty of sense, there aint any answer, there aint going to be any answer, there never has been any answer, that’s the answer.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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We are always the same age inside.
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I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
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Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.
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It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.
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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.
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Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.
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The first hope of a painter who feels hopeful about painting is the hope that the painting will move, that it will live outside its frame.
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I understand you undertake to overthrow my undertaking.
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A diary means yes indeed.
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Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.
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This joy you feel is life.
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There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer.
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Writing and reading is to me synonymous with existing.
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Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.
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