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“David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.”
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“I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.”
Source : Thomas Hood, Thomas Hood (Jr.) (1867). “The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood”, p.16
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“The novel is rescued life.”
Source : Hortense Calisher (2013). “Herself: An Autobiographical Work”, p.434, Open Road Media
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“No, that's not true. I didn't see his place that much, but he's a good kid and I had fun playing with him.”
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“The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent--I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world.”
Source : Kenneth Grahame (2012). “The Wind in the Willows: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.47, Penguin
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“one of the advantages of cycling is that it automatically prevents a journey from becoming an Expedition.”
Source : Dervla Murphy (1995). “Full Tilt: Dunkirk to Delhi by Bicycle”, HarperPerennial
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“Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and transcendent Godhead.”
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“The milk of human kindness should be brought fresh to the table every morning.”
