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** [[Florence Nightingale]], Letter to a friend, quoted in ''The Life of Florence Nightingale'' (1913) by Edward Tyas Cook, p. 94.
** [[Florence Nightingale]], Letter to a friend, quoted in ''The Life of Florence Nightingale'' (1913) by Edward Tyas Cook, p. 94.
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*
A
man
really
writes
for
an
[[
audience
]]
of
about
ten
persons
.
Of
course
if
others
like
it,
that
is
clear
gain.
But
if
those
ten
are
satisfied,
he
is
content.
A
certain
amount
of
encouragement
is
necessary
.
"
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*
I
write
what
I
would like
to
[[
read
]]
–
what
I
think other women would like to read
.
If
what
I
write
makes a woman in the Canadian mountains cry and she writes and tells me about
it,
especially
if
she
says
‘I
read
it
to
Tom
when
he
came
in
from
work and he cried too,’
I
feel
I
have
succeeded
.
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** [[
Alfred
North Whitehead
]] in:
Lucien
Price (1954)
. ''
Dialogues
of Alfred
North
Whitehead
'' p.
66
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** [[
Kathleen
Norris
]]
, on the publication of her seventy-eighth book, as cited
in:
James
Charlton
. ''
The
Writer's
quotation
book.
''
1985.
p.
34
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* It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? for the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone.
* It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? for the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone.
** [[Vita Sackville-West]], ''Twelve Days'' (1928), p. 9.
** [[Vita Sackville-West]], ''Twelve Days'' (1928), p. 9.
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* A man really writes for an [[audience]] of about ten persons. Of course if others like it, that is clear gain. But if those ten are satisfied, he is content. A certain amount of encouragement is necessary."
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** [[Alfred North Whitehead]] in: Lucien Price (1954). ''Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead'' p. 66
* I am more or less familiar with the works of the members of this Institute. I have worked in the same field. I have felt that quick comradeship of letters which is a very real comradeship, because it is a comradeship of thought and of principle.
* I am more or less familiar with the works of the members of this Institute. I have worked in the same field. I have felt that quick comradeship of letters which is a very real comradeship, because it is a comradeship of thought and of principle.