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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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african
african-authors
african-literature
literary-fiction
literary-quotes
literature
literature-quotes
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Chinua Achebe |
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"Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path. I shall be a litterateur, at least, all my life; nor would I abandon the hopes which still lead me on for all the gold in California." EDGAR ALLAN POE TO FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS FEBRUARY 14, 1849" --
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literature-quotes
poe-quotes
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Andrew Barger |
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Experience, then, was something that enabled you to do nothing with a clear conscience. Experience was an overrated quality.
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literature
literature-quotes
nick-hornby
novel
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Nick Hornby |
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Occasionally a car swooshed by in the rain and its headlights would swing round momentarily and illuminate the room-the pool table, snowshoes on the wall and the rowing machine, the armchair in which Henry sat, motionless, a glass in his hand and the cigarette burning low between his fingers. For a moment his face, pale and watchful as a ghost's, would be caught in the headlights and then, very gradually, it would slide back into the dark.
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literature-quotes
the-secret-history
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Donna Tartt |
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"Habia leido lo bastante como para apreciar mi ingenio literario, pero no lo bastante como para identificar mis fuentes de conocimiento. Me encantan las mujeres asi. Podia decirle cosas como: "La principal diferencia entre la felicidad y la alegria es que la felicidad es solida, mientras que la alegria es liquida" y, escudandome en su ignorancia de Salinger, sentirme ingenioso, seductor y, porque no decirlo, joven. Notaba que Ernie me miraba fijamente mientras yo me daba pisto, pero que diablos, pensaba yo. Un hombre tiene derecho a flirtear."
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español
flirting
literatura
literature
literature-quotes
spanish
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David Mitchell |