In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

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.

There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be...

There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

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,...

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.

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

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

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

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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

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

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

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...

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

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