Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Rebecca West
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  2. Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.

  3. Yes, ” said Mamma, “this is the worst of life, that love does not give us common sense but is a sure way of losing it. We love people, and we say that we are going to do more for them than friendship, but it...

  4. Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.

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