It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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

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

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

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...

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

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...

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

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

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

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

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...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

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...

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

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...