"When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody.“

-John McGahern

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"When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist."

-John McGahern

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"How sweet it is!"

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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."

-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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"It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week."

-Laurence J. Peter

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"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."

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"Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do."

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"A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people."

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"My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd."

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