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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

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...

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...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

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...

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

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...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some...

The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some...

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever...

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever...