“A woman is not a whole woman without the experience of marriage. In the case of a bad marriage, you win if you lose. Of the two alternatives - bad marriage or none - I believe bad marriage would be better. It is a bitter experience and a high price to pay for fulfillment, but it is the better alternative.” IfsBelieveTwoWholeWould BeWinningI BelieveLosesPayMarriageCasesBitterAlternativesFulfillmentHigh PricesBad MarriageBitter Experience Author:Fannie Hurst
“Harvard (across the river in Cambridge) and Boston are two ends of one mustache. ... Without the faculty, the visitors, the events that Harvard brings to the life here, Boston would be intolerable to anyone except genealogists, antique dealers, and those who find repletion in a closed local society.” TwoEndsWould BeCitiesEventsRiversLocalsFacultyBostonHarvardVisitorsDealerAntiquesMustacheCambridge Book:A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society Source: A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society
“Some people are going to be impatient no matter what. If I wrote two books a year, someone out there would be pissed I wasn't writing three.” PeopleIfsWritingYearsTwoBookMatterWould BeThreeNo Matter WhatWhat IfImpatient Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils and give their own minds the benefit of the robbery.” IfsGivingMindTwoWould BeHoursTeachingBenefitsAdvantageStealingPupilsRobbery Book:Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and Reading Source: Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and Reading
“A book consists of two layers: on top, the readable layer ... and underneath, a layer that was inaccessible. You only sense its existence in a moment of distraction from the literal reading, the way you see childhood through a child. It would take forever to tell what you see, and it would be pointless.” WayChildrenTwoBookMomentsWould BeReadingExistenceForeverChildhoodDistractionLayersPointlessLiteralInaccessible Author:Marguerite Duras