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. – André Gide

Other quotes by André Gide

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. – André Gide

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Art
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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. – André Gide

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Self-Discovery
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. – André Gide

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Hypocrisy
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Writing
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Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Writing

The universe will do the writing for you, if you just listen close enough. – Terri Guillemets

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Writing

The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite and builds a road into Chaos and old Night, and is followed by those who hear him with something of wild, creative delight. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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Writing

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The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt. – Joe Baca

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legal

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back. – Herodotus

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God wants to bless us where we are. – Joel Osteen

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God

Does not the very word creative mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act – rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life – not death. – Berenice Abbott

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Death