“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.”
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What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
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There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
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To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
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The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
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