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“[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper.”
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“... he instantly despised his guests for being still asleep, in a rush of that superiority which afflicts all those who are astir earlier than other people.”
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“The most important thing is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for your very life ...”
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“New York was an idea, I thought, an idea held simultaneously by thirteen million people.”
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“Animals we are, and animals we remain, and the path to our regeneration and happiness, if there be such a path, lies through our animal nature.”
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“Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.”
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“Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks.”
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“What a pity when editors review a woman's book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead.”