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writing hair fire
Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up... Charles Dickens
writing numbers gold
Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither. Charles Caleb Colton
writing language nonsense
It is curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in languages that are dead, should despise those that talk sense in languages that are living. Charles Caleb Colton
writing men profound
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads. Charles Caleb Colton
writing faces privacy
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down. Charles Caleb Colton
writing men three
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it. Charles Caleb Colton
writing should-have fire
We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire. Charles Caleb Colton
writing self hints
The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to author's that self is a subject they ought very rarely to descant upon. Charles Caleb Colton
writing two style
When I meet with any persons who write obscurely or converse confusedly, I am apt to suspect two things; first, that such persons do not understand themselves; and secondly, that they are not worthy of being understood by others. Charles Caleb Colton
dull influence authorship
There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence. Charles Caleb Colton
dull want littles
If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying! Byron Katie
dull cost one-thing
One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness. Bruno Schulz
dull extraordinary-things extraordinary
Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often. Earl Weaver
dull would-be mystery
Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? Charles de Lint
dull information way
Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It's just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about. Benjamin Hoff
dull judgment ifs
If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one. Edgar Rice Burroughs
dull pure flamboyant
A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously. Barbra Streisand
dull frivolity lightness
Thoughtful lightness can make frivolity seem dull and heavy. Italo Calvino
dies
Eventually everyone has to die, except Elvis. Dave Barry
dies seeking
To sue to live, I find I seek to die; And, seeking death, find life: let it come on. William Shakespeare
dies
Until you die .. it's all life. Kurt Vonnegut
dies
You die and you die and then you are beyond death. C. S. Lewis
dies hype niches people run wireless
There are only so many new niches people can come up with. When everything's said and done, and all the hype dies down, you still have to run a wireless company. Eric Anderson
dies
Denn die Todten reiten Schnell. (For the dead travel fast.) Bram Stoker
dies
We're all going to die. Elizabeth Edwards
dies discover eternity great love moment seek stories truth
Love stories seek to demonstrate the great truth of love: that we discover eternity in a moment that dies immediately after. Richard Flanagan
dies man
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. Wole Soyinka