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Quote by Flannery OConnor
To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness. – Flannery OConnor

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Everywhere I go, Im asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they dont stifle enough of them. Theres many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. – Flannery OConnor

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I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody elses. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that theres no truth. – Flannery OConnor

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The world itself is but a series of footnotes to a vast unfinished masterpiece. – Vladimir Nabokov

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A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a mans life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. – Henry David Thoreau

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Life…is like a grapefruit. Its orange and squishy , and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast. – Douglas Adams

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Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove. – Ashleigh Brilliant

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Theres more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe thats because the audience doesnt really know whats happening. – Pat Metheny

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More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility. – Robert Gordon Menzies

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Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight. – Milan Kundera

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Italian men do appreciate beautiful women. Theyre not afraid of the beauty, which is nice. – Eva Herzigova

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