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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on...

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on...

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a...

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a...

A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to...

A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to...

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you...

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you...

When asked, How do you write? I invariably answer, one word at a time.

When asked, How do you write? I invariably answer, one word at a time.

I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to...

I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to...

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they...

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they...

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries.

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

I work until beer oclock.

I work until beer oclock.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I...

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I...

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying.

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but...

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but...