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The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live mo

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it. – Elizabeth Drew

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The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection. – Elizabeth Drew

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Gossip
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The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and mangled mind leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict. – Elizabeth Drew

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Prison
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Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. – Elizabeth Drew

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Travel
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Literary
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Prometheus is action. Hamlet is hesitation. In Prometheus the obstacle is exterior; in Hamlet it is interior. In Prometheus the will is securely nailed down by nails of brass and cannot get loose; besides, it has by its side two watchers – Victor Hugo

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Literary

I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish Ill know how it turned out. – Nora Ephron

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Literary

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike – Harold Bloom

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Literary

Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Literary

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Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at mean-spirited roadhouses. – Rumi

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