Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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...

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

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...

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

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...

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

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

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

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.