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Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Left Like Out People Realism Romanticism Satire Seem Would

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The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Ages Always Burlesque Comedy Dupe Fox Human Ingredients Like Repetition Same Since Straight Through Tragic

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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Against Basis Comedy Death Disease Greed Helplessness Love Lust Man Power Tragedy Vanity War

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I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl baby and at times I don't believe I should mind having a little Phyllis Dawn but Dearest wants a boy and I do.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: August Baby Believe Born Boy Dawn Dearest Else Everyone Everyone Else Girl Having He Little Mind Should Think Times Wants Will I Think

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I want so much for my lover. At night when our beds are drawn close together I waken and see his dear yellow head on the pillow - sometimes his arm thrown over on my bed - and I kiss his hand, very softly so that it will not waken him.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Arm Bed Beds Close Dear Drawn Hand Head Him His Kiss Lover Much Night Our Over Pillow See Softly Sometimes Thrown Together Very Want Will Yellow

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A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Capacity Going Mind Overboard Requisite

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A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Belong Book Cream Gets Gland Instead Like Novel Off Over Person Pill Running Them Track Where

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Joe and Jojo and I had lovely day together. I love Joe so much - more and more.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Day Had Joe Love Lovely More More And More Much Together I Love

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Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Better Contentment Days Excitement Flow Life Must Nature Peaceful Quiet Rushing Than Way

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 28th, 1896

Died: November 14th, 1965

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