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Quote by Elizabeth Drew
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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Elizabeth Drew
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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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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

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep. – Robert Frost

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Literary

Over the river and through the wood,
To grandfathers house we go;
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow. – Lydia Maria Child

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Literary

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

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Literary

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The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was. – Thomas Carlyle

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Mediocrity

When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, Im not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore. – Nigel Farage

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Success

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction. – E.F. Schumacher (Thanks, Arly)

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Simplicity

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz

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Wisdom