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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing second, the gratification of ones family and friends and lastly, the solid cash. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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This is the sorcery of literature. We are healed by our stories. – Terry Tempest Williams

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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Under the Earth I go,
On the oak leaf I stand.
I ride on the filly
That was never foaled,
And I carry the dead in my hand. – Anon.

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The universe is made of stories, not atoms. – Muriel Rukeyser

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