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The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of e

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. – Marya Mannes

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Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. – Marya Mannes

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In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. – Marya Mannes

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I would love to spend all my time writing to you Id love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true. – Luigi Pirandello

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Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time. – H. P. Lovecraft

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There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? – Robert Kennedy

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I think theres a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer. – Tori Amos

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