Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 27, 2025
The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
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Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007)  
Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
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Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"  
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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James Thurber (1894 - 1961)  
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
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Quentin Crisp  
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