The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had a good feed and tanked up on good wine gives his old lady a kiss after supper and his day is over. Finished.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Be not a slave of words.

Be not a slave of words.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma,...

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma,...

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy

Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

Work alone is noble.

Work alone is noble.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Worship is transcendent wonder.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A...

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A...

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.