A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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....

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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...

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

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

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

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

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

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

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

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

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

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...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...