Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.

Quote by Elizabeth Hardwick

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I am alone here in New York, no longer a we.

I am alone here in New York, no longer a we.

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion...

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion...

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked...

The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to...

I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to...

Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature...

Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature...

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found...

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found...

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into...

The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into...

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books,...

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books,...

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old...

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old...

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...