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Quote by Alexandre Dumas

“As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.”

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Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, a renowned French writer, was born on July 24, 1802, and died on December 5, 1870. He is famous for his historical and adventure novels, with notable works including 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. more

“Still in my coat and hat, I sank onto the stair to read the letter. (I never read without making sure I am in a secure position. I have been like this ever since the age of seven when, sitting on a high wall and reading The Water Babies, I was so seduced by the descriptions of underwater life that I unconsciously relaxed my muscles. Instead of being held buoyant by the water that so vividly surrounded me in my mind, I plummeted to the ground and knocked myself out. I can still feel the scar under my fringe now. Reading can be dangerous.)”

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Book:The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

Source: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

“If I have to spend time in purgatory before going to one place or the other, I guess I'll be all right as long as there's a lending library.”

Ifs Long Book Library Spend Time Lending Purgatory

Book:On writing: a memoir of the craft

Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft

“Let joy be unconfined.”

Joy

Author:Lord Byron

“For writers: If you polish a book too much, it'll be flat and shiny and smooth--and not too interesting. It's the little pits and bumps and whatnot that show voice and make a book unique from all the other super shiny flat surfaces”

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Author:Lori Foster

“Joseph is the wearisomest and self-righteous Pharisee who ever ransacked the Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses on his neighbor.”

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Author:Emily Bronte

“The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.”

Able Situation Victim Threat

Author:James A. Baldwin

“Revolution is not a one time event.”

Events Revolution One Time

Author:Audre Lorde

“My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.”

Littles Long Helping Problem Life Is Effort Existence Help Me Commonplace

Book:Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Source: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“Till I loved I never lived.”

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Book:Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them

Source: Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them

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