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Anita Brookner

"Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has."

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"Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has."

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Amber Hurdle

"Always keep in mind how you can best use this time that you call life."

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"I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way."

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"Time is an illusion of life the life of the past and the future clouds men from the true life of the present."

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"Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them."

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"Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough."

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"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."

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"When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time."

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"Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent."

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"Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it."

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Amber Hurdle

"You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time."

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"It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to."
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"Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of."
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"A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar."
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"There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that."
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"Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted."
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"What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself."
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"All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold."
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"Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long."
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"Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography."
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"In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you."
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