Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
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Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
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All autobiography is self-indulgent.
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September 1653. The last of summer. The first chill winds of autumn. The sun no longer strikes my eastern window as I wake, but, turning laggard, does not top the till before eight o'clock. - The King's General
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They used to hang men at Four Turnings in the old days. - My Cousin Rachel
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Years later, when she had gone and was no longer part of their lives, the thing they remembered about her was her smile. - Mary Anne
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On the third of March 1820, John Brodrick set out from Andriff to Doonhaven, intending to cover the fifteen miles of his journey before nightfall. - Hungry Hill


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some of these are funny