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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A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

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...

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

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...

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

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

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

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...

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

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...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

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.

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...

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

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...

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....

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...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...