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“Women writers of all people should know better than to pigeonhole women, put them in little groups, the smart one, the sweet one.”
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“Time was too much a part of love, for even in fairytales the proof of love was not its first moment, but its latest ones — that people lived happily ever after. Love at first sight was nothing but infatuation until proved by time ...”
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“How despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!”
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“... I always warn aspiring reporters to observe three basic rules: 1. Never trust an editor. 2. Never trust an editor. 3. Never trust an editor.”
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“The person who takes no chances generally must take whatever is left over after others have finished choosing. Overcaution is as bad, if not worse, than lack of caution. Both should be avoided. Life will always contain an element of chance. Not to win is not a sin. But not to try is a tragedy.”
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“Crime, after all, can be a way of establishing identity or acquiring security — at least the magistrate addresses you by name.”
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“... shall I, for fear of feeble man who shall die, hold my peace? Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue? Ah, no!”
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“... rummaging in the storehouses of religious or literary history for myth-matter for ideational uses is of the nature of spiritual vulgarity.”