One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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...

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...

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...

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.

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

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...

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

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 real reality to a really imagined life any more.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...