We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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“But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art.”
| Ali Babacan, Politician (1967) |
| Lawrence Barrett, Actor (1836) |
| Clive Davis, Businessman (1932) |
| Elizabeth Emken, Politician (1963) |
| A. Bartlett Giamatti, Educator (1938) |
| John Hannah, Athlete (1951) |
| Bobby Ray Inman, Soldier (1931) |
| Jacquelyn Jablonski, Model (1991) |
| Claiborne Fox Jackson, Lawyer (1806) |
| David E. Kelley, Producer (1956) |
| Alfonso X, Royalty (1284) |
| Hodding Carter, Journalist (1972) |
| Roger Ebert, Critic (2013) |
| William Henry Harrison, President (1841) |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., Leader (1968) |