For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes attempt failure fiction
Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879. Mary Augusta Ward bearchilddaughter Change image and share on social
But the mind travels far - and mysteriously - in sleep. Mary Augusta Ward mindmysteriouslysleep Change image and share on social
But no man has a monopoly of conscience. Mary Augusta Ward consciencemanmonopoly Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been. Shelley Fabares failurefeelterrify Change image and share on social
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface. Edward Hopper attemptcharacterdeny Change image and share on social