It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to be filled with eagerness to live
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It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.Jules Renard
Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.
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Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
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A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
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The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.
Jules Renard
Words are the small change of thought.
Jules Renard
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