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Quote by André Gide
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. РAndr̩ Gide

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In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself. РAndr̩ Gide

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Self-Discovery
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André Gide
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. РAndr̩ Gide

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Art
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I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. – Harold Ross

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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – G.K. Chesterton

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Writing

The majority of writers ought to translate themselves; there are but few thoughts that are born translated, that is, clothed with the power best fitted alike to express and transmit them. What we have in the first instance written for ourselves, should be written a second time for others. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), Literature. First Section: Literature in Gene

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Publication – is the auction of the Mind of Man. – Emily Dickinson

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God forgives the sin of gluttony. – Proverb

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Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of lifes problems. – James Cash Penney

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I have offended God and mankind because my work didnt reach the quality it should have. – Leonardo da Vinci

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