Quote by Clifton Fadiman
For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in wh

For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. – Clifton Fadiman

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When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman

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Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. – Clifton Fadiman

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When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. – Clifton Fadiman

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For a long time I thought I wanted to be a nun. Then I realized that what I really wanted to be was a lesbian. – Mabel Maney (b.1958)

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One should no more deplore homosexuality than left-handedness. – Towards a Quaker View of Sex, 1964

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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? – Ernest Gaines

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I became a lesbian out of devout Christian charity. All those women out there are praying for a man and I gave them my share. – Rita Mae Brown

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Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome. – Chinese Proverb

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