"A world where nothing is had for nothing."

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Source : Arthur Hugh Clough (1848). “The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich: A Long-vacation Pastoral”, p.44

Arthur Hugh Clough

“When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Caring passionately about something isn't against nature, and it isn't against human nature. It's what we're here to do.”
“Each such answer to the great question, invariably asserted by the followers of its propounder, if not by himself, to be complete and final, remains in high authority and esteem, it may be for one century, or it may be for twenty: but, as invariably, Time proves each reply to have been a mere approximation to the truth tolerable chiefly on account of the ignorance of those by whom it was accepted, and wholly intolerable when tested by the larger knowledge of their successors.”
“There are so many things we do not appreciate in our life until we recognize God's love for us in them.”
“I think it would be frustrating to be a match maker. "What do you do?" "I'm a match maker" "Aw, that's really romantic" "No, umm... I actually... never mind"”
“The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.”
“All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.”
“The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again.”

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