What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.
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I maintain that ideas are events. It is more difficult to make them interesting, I know, but if you fail the style is at fault.Gustave Flaubert
The author in his book must be like God in his universe, everywhere present and nowhere visible.
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I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests.
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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
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In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like a scatter of sparks from under the hooves of a galloping horse. The twin wheels turned and hummed. Binet was smiling, his chin down, his nostrils distended. He seemed lost in the kind of happiness which, as a rule, accompanies only those mediocre occupations that tickle the intelligence with easy difficulties, and satisfy it with a sense of achievement beyond which there is nothing left for dreams to feed on.
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The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.
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