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"A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct."
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"My body either likes you or it doesn't. And, I trust my body but I can't assuredly tell you why."
"Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it."
"Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form."
"Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct."
"He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be, and once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is."
"Their every instinct - and I have to say this is without exception - is to iron out the bumps, and It's always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff."
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"Good art however "immoral" is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise."
"Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man."
"But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY."
"Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music."
"I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown."
"Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear."
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