Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are they all alike. I think so.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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...

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 real reality to a really imagined life any more.

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

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

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.

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

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...

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...