It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

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...

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

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...

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

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...

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...

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

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.

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

There is no there there.

There is no there there.