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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But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

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

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

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...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

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

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

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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

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

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...