I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.
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William Saroyan
Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?
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Sophocles
Men are the only animals that devote themselves day in and day out to making one another unhappy.
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H. L. Mencken
The worst sin-perhaps the only sin- passion can commit is to be joyless.
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Simone Weil
More Quotes By Don Marquis
From 'the lesson of the moth':and before i could argue himout of his philosophyhe went and immolated himselfon a patent cigar lighteri do not agree with himmyself i would rather havehalf the happiness and twicethe longevitybut at the same time i wishthere was something i...
A spider and a flyi heard a spiderand a fly arguingwait said the flydo not eat mei serve a great purposein the worldyou will have toshow me said the spideri scurry aroundgutters and sewersand garbage canssaid the fly and gatherup the germs oftyphoid influenzaand pneumonia...
Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
I have had my ups and downsbut wotthehell wotthehellyesterday sceptres and crownsfried oysters and velvet gownsand today i herd with bumsbut wotthehell wotthehelli wake the world from sleepas i caper and sing and leapwhen i sing my wild free tunewotthehell wotthehellunder the blear eyed mooni...
If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.
