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“Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed.”

Ifs Writing Bigs Funny Literature Novel Fate Serious Battle Awards Doomed Award Winning Winning Awards

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Nothing detains the reader's attention more powerfully than deep involutions of distress, or sudden vicissitudes of fortune; and these might be abundantly afforded by memoirs of the sons of literature. They are entangled by contracts which they know not how to fulfill, and obliged to write on subjects which they do not understand. Every publication is a new period of time, from which some increase or declension of fame is to be reckoned. The gradations of a hero's life are from battle to battle, and of an author's from book to book.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“The selection of a subject is to the author what choice of position is to the general,--once skilfully determined, the battle is already half won. Of a few writers it may be said that they are popular in despite of their subjects--but of a great many more it may be observed that they are popular because of them.”

May Said Choices Literature Half Subjects Position Battle Determined Despite Great Men Selection

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“Fantasy is a literature particularly useful for embodying and examining the real difference between good and evil. In an America where our reality may seem degraded to posturing patriotism and self-righteous brutality, imaginative literature continues to question what heroism is, to examine the roots of power, and to offer moral alternatives. Imagination is the instrument of ethics. There are many metaphors besides battle, many choices besides war, and most ways of doing good do not, in fact, involve killing anybody. Fanstasy is good at thinking about those other ways.”

“All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.”

Men Love Fighting Literature Battle Bravery Brave Affection Contests Brave Man Fruitful Life Battle Of Life

Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The world is changing from day to day; it is high time for our writers to take off their masks, look frankly, keenly, and boldly at life, and write about real flesh and blood. It is high time for a brand-new arena for literature, high time for some bold fighters to charge headlong into battle!”

World Writing Looks Real Literature Blood Battle Flesh Fighter Brands Mask Existential Day To Day Arena Brand New Flesh And Blood

Author:Lu Xun

“The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.”

Knows Mind May Made Wanted Desire Literature Battle Shouting

Book:The Law of Success

Source: The Law of Success

“One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.”

Persons Ideas Purpose Fall Literature Ignorance Battle Institutions Wiser Prudence Columns

Author:Bryant H. McGill

“Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you will find that women have often taken leading places - on the throne, in the battle-field, in politics, in literature, poetry, etc.”

Looks Law Literature Taken Fields Battle Relation Islam Patterns Etc Thrones

Author:Annie Besant

“As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.”

Men Should Literature Speak Struggle Battle Soldier Ancient Eras Commanders Moralist

Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.”

Able Young Fighting Literature Rights Battle Come Up Womens Rights Young Women

Book:Mr. Scarborough's Family

Source: Mr. Scarborough's Family

“For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.”

Ends Might Today Faces Literature Fear Freedom Loneliness Tomorrow Battle Lonely Engaged Engagement So Lonely

Book:In Search of Our Mother's Gardens

Source: In Search of Our Mother's Gardens

“I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.”

Ifs Thinking Long Happiness Fighting Literature Wonder Battle Depression Cures Worth It Ongoing Prozac Prozac Nation

Book:Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

“One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.”

May Philosophy Literature Battle Philosophical Philosopher Beaten

Author:John Burroughs

“You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.”

World Looks Enough Christian Turns Literature Peace Pieces Planets Battle Treats Down And Blow Biblical Documents Torn Civilisation Upside Down Containing Dynamite World Upside Down

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“A life that partakes even a little of friendship, love, irony, humor, parenthood, literature, and music, and the chance to take part in battles for the liberation of others cannot be called 'meaningless'.”

Littles Literature Chance Battle Liberation Irony Parenthood Meaningless Friendship Love Literature And Music

Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir

Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir

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