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6c1cdc6 Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society. E. L. Doctorow
5c6ce4d The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. E. L. Doctorow
70904f3 Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. E. L. Doctorow
d6bfb43 I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad. E. L. Doctorow
815aa39 I vowed I would bring you solace in time of need. Please don't make me break my vows. E. L. James
e8d5c28 Music is the deepest of the arts and deep beneath the arts. E. M. Forster
fdc412c Don't trust me, Miss Honeychurch. Though life is very glorious, it is difficult. E. M. Forster
ae06fad Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him. E. M. Forster
7efc08b If God could tell the story of the Universe, the Universe would become fictitious. E. M. Forster
460b591 How can I tell what I think till I see what I say? E. M. Forster
c8d284a Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think is creation's. E. M. Forster
6ba8240 This planet can be a paradise in the 22nd century. E. O. Wilson
ad50a52 The key to the sociobiology of mammals is milk. E. O. Wilson
4d046fb The evolutionary epic is probably the best myth we will ever have. E. O. Wilson
0944577 The mosquito is an automaton. It can afford to be nothing else. E. O. Wilson
1d6e5f9 The emergence of civilization has everywhere followed a definable sequence. E. O. Wilson
6489144 Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false. E. O. Wilson
2df3a3a Nothing fundamental separates the course of human history from the course of physical history. E. O. Wilson
93138e1 To know how scientists engage in visual imagery is to understand how they think creatively. E. O. Wilson
078d702 Much of good science -- and perhaps all of great science -- has its roots in fantasy. E. O. Wilson
3d48dc9 The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a bookkeeper. E. O. Wilson
de27ddb The magic of music is so strong, getting stronger, it should break any shackle of another art. E. T. A. Hoffmann
c460421 Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity. E. W. Howe
a1aeca0 A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back. E. W. Howe
065ef63 Having fun is a dismal business after you pass fifty. E. W. Howe
59ab73e People hate the man who is a constant drain on their sympathy. E. W. Howe
278ba7c There is usually enough of everything on the table except cream. E. W. Howe
7493f3e To want your own way is a very bad habit, for you will never get it. E. W. Howe
90f754c When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time. E. W. Howe
13c3065 As a rule, you'll not have much trouble having your way, if you are right. E. W. Howe
d654c29 No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some. E. W. Howe
1c3f4c4 No man knows where his business ends and his neighbor's begins. E. W. Howe
a28c06f A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points. E. W. Howe
aa8db79 One of the most difficult things in the world is to learn to take a hint easily. E. W. Howe
eeae27b Every time you become confidential with some people, you hear of a new kind of dirty trick. E. W. Howe
7dc6213 A small man always has one weapon he can use against a great big man: he can "talk" about him. E. W. Howe
44c5d5b However disagreeable a situation is to you, you cannot get rid of it by indignation. E. W. Howe
f20e90e The experience of the world is worth more than the experience of any one man. E. W. Howe
5db6eab When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face. E. W. Howe
0423b46 Silliness which would have broken a politician twenty years ago, now makes his fortune. E. W. Howe
97da3fd We are now confronted with the necessity of remedying the remedies. E. W. Howe
cd86f4d I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway. E. W. Howe
a57ef07 We know something about Einstein's genius we didn't know before. EPR paradox
f6cacc2 This man belongs to me now! You cannot touch him! Eagle Woman
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