There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

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

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

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

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...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

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

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

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

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

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...

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

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...

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

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...

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.