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A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the read more
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".
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.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding read more
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends-always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, read more
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
