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""...there is nothing in life which possession does not discover to be inadequate: we are cursed with a tyrannous need for what life does not afford; and we strive for various prizes, saying,'Happiness is there,' when in point of fact it is nowhere." — Sep 08, 2013 09:51AM
""...there is nothing in life which possession does not discover to be inadequate: we are cursed with a tyrannous need for what life does not afford; and we strive for various prizes, saying,'Happiness is there,' when in point of fact it is nowhere." — Sep 08, 2013 09:51AM
“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
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“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
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