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Literature Quotes

"The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience."

"The art of art, the glory of expression, and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity"

"Crafting a compelling narrative is about subverting expectations."

"It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story."

"The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life"

"Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs. "

"I am, in large measure, the selfsame prose I write. "

"The past is never dead It’s not even past"

"When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today..."

"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book"

"There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house."

"We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!"

"This hour I tell things in confidence."

"The best books... are those that tell you what you know already."

"The hardest thing about writing is writing"

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