There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.

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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the...

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he...

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he...

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...