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What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?

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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
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Animal Communication Human Talk Together
Each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
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Book Day Ideal Seek Silence Work
It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.
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Ambition Color Courage Darkness Man Sunshine
Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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Friendship Oneself Wonderful Word
There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.
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Contact Difference Man Privilege
Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow’s grave. Young men are grave-robbers by nature.
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Grave Heart Nature Observation Young Yourself
Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
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Gravitation Habit Pieces Power Theory
Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
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Love Marriage
He studied cities as women study their reflections.
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Reflection Study Woman
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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Clear Couch
When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Art Love Oneself Service
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Happiness Life Perfection
What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?
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Expectation Ocean World
If you can’t write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
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Forget Please Story Writing Yourself
Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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Darkness Home Light Myself
When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.
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Beginning Hilarious Man Sorrow

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