Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.

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All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

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Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.

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Our memories are card indexes consulted, and then put back in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.

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We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.

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The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.

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It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.

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As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with irrational fear of life become publishers.

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Hate is the consequence of fear we fear something before we hate it a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.

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As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

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