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Hellman, Lillian
1905–84
1905–84
1
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
letter to John S. Wood, 19 May 1952, in
US Congress Committee Hearing on Un-American Activities
(1952) pt. 8
Helmsley, Leona
c.
1920–
c.
1920–
1
Only the little people pay taxes.
comment made to her housekeeper in 1983, and reported at her trial for tax evasion
Only the little people pay taxes.
comment made to her housekeeper in 1983, and reported at her trial for tax evasion
in
New York Times
12 July 1989
Hemans, Felicia
1793–1835
1793–1835
1
The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but he had fled.
The stately homes of England,
How beautiful they stand!
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land.
The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but he had fled.
"Casabianca" (1849)
The stately homes of England,
How beautiful they stand!
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land.
"The Homes of England" (1849).
Hemingway, Ernest
1899–1961
1899–1961
1
But did thee feel the earth move?
Paris is a movable feast.
The sun also rises.
Grace under pressure.
when asked what he meant by "guts" in an interview with Dorothy Parker
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof shit detector.
But did thee feel the earth move?
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1940) ch. 13
Paris is a movable feast.
A Movable Feast
(1964) epigraph
The sun also rises.
title of novel (1926)
Grace under pressure.
when asked what he meant by "guts" in an interview with Dorothy Parker
in
New Yorker
30 November 1929
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof shit detector.
in
Paris Review
Spring 1958
Henley, W. E.
1849–1903
1849–1903
1
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
What have I done for you,
England, my England?
I was a King in Babylon
And you were a Christian slave.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
"Invictus. In Memoriam R.T.H.B." (1888)
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
"Invictus. In Memoriam R.T.H.B." (1888)
What have I done for you,
England, my England?
"Pro Rege Nostro" (1900).
I was a King in Babylon
And you were a Christian slave.
"To W. A." (1888)
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