I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander.

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You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

I often see through things right to the apparition itself.

I often see through things right to the apparition itself.

I saw my ex-husband in the street. I was sitting on the steps of the...

I saw my ex-husband in the street. I was sitting on the steps of the...

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest...

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest...

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life...

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life...

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind...

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind...

One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have...

One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have...

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.

It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the...

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the...

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.