I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

—William Lyon Phelps

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About William Lyon Phelps

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William Lyon Phelps (January 2, 1865 – August 21, 1943) was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous books and articles.

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Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

—William Lyon Phelps

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

—William Lyon Phelps

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Children are messengers to us from a world we once deeply knew.

—Alice Miller

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There are people in our lives whom we love, and lose, and unfailingly long for. They orbit our hearts like Halley's Comet, crossing into our universe only once, or if we are lucky, twice in a lifetime.

—Jamie Ford in The World As We Know It

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Maybe if I didn't say anything about what happened, we could get back to the way we were. Ignoring a problem was a perfectly acceptable way to deal with it, as long as both people agree never to bring it up again.

—Kim Harrison in and the Undead

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Ah! Memory impairment: the free prize at the bottom of every vodka bottle!

—Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro and Eric Kaplan

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The easiest way to move on is to erase everything, and I do mean everything.

—Donna Lynn Hope

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