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That Is Part of the Beauty of All Literature. You Discover that Your Longings...
F. Scott Fitzgerald? Sheilah Graham? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: Recently, on the blog of a teacher I saw a quotation about the humanities that was attributed to one of the best American...
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An Exclamation Point Is Like Laughing at Your Own Joke
Mark Twain? F. Scott Fitzgerald? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: Would you please explore the provenance of a piece of writing advice that I’ve seen several times. Here are two versions: One should...
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Drunk on the Idea That Love, Only Love, Could Heal Our Brokenness
F. Scott Fitzgerald? Christopher Poindexter? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: Goodreads is one of the most popular community websites for readers, and it includes a massive collection of quotations....
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Write Drunk, Revise Sober
Ernest Hemingway? Gowan McGland? Dylan Thomas? Peter De Vries? F. Scott Fitzgerald? James Joyce? Stephen Fry? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: “Alcohol loosens the tongue” is an old saying that some...
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The Test of a First-Rate Intelligence Is the Ability To Hold Two Opposed...
F. Scott Fitzgerald? Lionel Trilling? Katherine A. Powers? H. Maynard Smith? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: Our experiences in the world are often complex, ambiguous, and ill-defined. We must be...
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Quote Origin: It Was Only a Sunny Smile, and Little It Cost in the Giving
F. Scott Fitzgerald? Aubrey Grey? Harriett G. Hancock? Apocryphal? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: A smile can raise the spirits of oneself and others. This thought has been conveyed as...
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