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George MacDonald

"You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud."

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"You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud."

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"Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide."

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"In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society."

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"I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible."

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"I remember in that red leisure suit I sort of felt like a Pizza Hut employee, and the white one was the ultimate, with the white turtleneck collar, that was the ultimate in bad taste."

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"The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent - I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world."

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