Mary MacLane

I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day.

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These are some quotes by Canadian author Mary MacLane Writer, who lived between 1881 and 1929.

Quotes by Mary MacLane

I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be.

Mary MacLane

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My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum.

Mary MacLane

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Of poets I put Virgil first - he was greatest.

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