"If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy."

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Source : "The Literary 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time". Book edited by Daniel S. Burt, July 1998.

Isaac Babel

#Writing Quotes #World Quotes

“A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.”
“O, blackberry tart, with berries as big as your thumb, purple and black, and thick with juice, and a crust to endear them that will go to cream in your mouth, and both passing down with such a taste that will make you close your eyes and wish you might live forever in the wideness of that rich moment.”

Source : Richard Llewellyn (2009). “How Green Was My Valley”, p.88, Simon and Schuster
“Though the Bible was written over sixteen centuries by at least forty authors, it has one central theme-salvation through faith in Christ.”
“I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published”
“Taste is tiring like good company.”
“Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.”
“I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic. I was an altar boy. Religion has been a huge part of my life. It helped lead me through a war, leads me today.”

Source : "Text Of Bush-Kerry Debate II (5)" by Jarrett Murphy, www.cbsnews.com. October 8, 2004.
“Here's my take on Instagram: It's so ridiculous that people can go on and play characters, and none of it [should be] taken too seriously.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com

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