Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to be a cooling of friendship.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

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...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

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...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

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

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

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

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...

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

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....

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.