That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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...

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

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...

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

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

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

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...

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested...

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested...

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

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...

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...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

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...

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

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

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...