"Vanity often produces unreasonable alarm."

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Source : Ann Radcliffe (1809). “A Sicilian romance, by the authoress of The castles of Athlin and Dunbayne”, p.11

Ann Radcliffe

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“I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs.”
“Perhaps adding a line or two of dialogue to try to better capture an emotion. But I've found that if the story isn't there in the beginning, right from the start, I generally can't beat it into shape no matter how much rewriting I do.”
“I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.”
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