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" The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish. "

Robert Louis Stevenson

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" Every man has a sane spot somewhere. "

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" Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. "

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" The obscurest epoch is today. "

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" Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly. "

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" When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory. "

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