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A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.
Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite read more
Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.
I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of read more
I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.
The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.
The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.
We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often read more
We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, read more
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
