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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison, school, reason

Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later...

Quote by Al Alvarez about literature, couple, contentment, things, writing, perfection, rightness, work

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about experience

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are...

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about experience, mother, faith

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about experience

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with...

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

Quote by Winston Churchill

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is...

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

Quote by Winston Churchill

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our...

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about life

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my life, which in the same sentence is my obit and epitaph too, shall be them both: He made the books and he died.

Quote by William Faulkner about life, books, history

For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a...

For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a sentence, how to continue it, how to complete it.

Quote by Claude Simon about literature

Lost time: I think that it will influence me, but in the...

Lost time: I think that it will influence me, but in the same time it will make me angry for each of my sentences.

Quote by Virginia Woolf about time, influence

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