July 2010
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he...
– Oscar Wilde
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The only philistinism that counted was the kind that deformed the heart,...
– Zadie Smith, from Changing My Mind
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Essentially it was the problem of his fiction, writ large, for he was the sort...
– Zadie Smith, from Changing My Mind, regarding E.M. Forster
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I should always remember never to return my books inside the library, because I always come out with at least one new one.
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When I set my hat at a certain angle and saunter down Seventh Avenue….the...
– Zora Neale Hurston
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