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Edna Ferber Quotes: Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
         

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.


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Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.



We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.



The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.



A closed mind is a dying mind.

A closed mind is a dying mind.



Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.



It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.



There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.



Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?



The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.



Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.

Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.





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When graves are covered with stones, the dead can no longer get out. But the dead can’t go out anyway! What difference does it make whether they’re covered with soil or stones?



It was words and reading that had made me quiet, and being quiet had made me a mark.

It was words and reading that had made me quiet, and being quiet had made me a mark.



It's not a competition, it's a doorway.

It's not a competition, it's a doorway.



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This island is a hard place to survive and I fear that it has made everything resistant to the cruel hand of death.



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I really loved my dad. I was very, very close to my dad. He - you know, he was very, very nervous about my being an actor.

I really loved my dad. I was very, very close to my dad. He - you know, he was very, very nervous about my being an actor.



Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine

Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine



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