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" No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teach us, - something more than we could learn for ourselves, from a book. "

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" The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. "

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" The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. "

" The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post. "

" We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. "

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" When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types. "

" A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. "

" Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. "

" Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. "

" The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence. "

" Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether. "

" For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act? "

" The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. "

" Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present. "

" It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing. "

" Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control. "

" Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. "

" The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet. "

" There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. "

" Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life. "

" The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. "

" Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out. "

" The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. "

" The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore. "

" No taste is so acquired as that for someone else's quality of mind. "