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“The whole duty of man consists in being reasonable and just I am reasonable because I know the difference between understanding and not understanding and I am just because I have no opinion about things I don’t understand.”

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Book:Three Lives

Work

This book is a compilation of short narratives that delve into the personal experiences and challenges faced by three separate characters, each from a different background and era. more

Author

Gertrude Stein, an American writer born on February 3, 1874, and died on July 27, 1946. She is renowned for her unique writing style and her influence on modernist literature. more

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Gertrude Stein (Illustrated)

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Book:Three Lives

Source: Three Lives

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“I am writing for myself and strangers. This is the only way that I can do it. Everybody is a real one to me, everybody is like some one else too to me. No one of them that I know can want to know it and so I write for myself and strangers.”

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Book:Gertrude Stein: Selections

Source: Gertrude Stein: Selections

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