There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.