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“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. ”
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“...she was so afraid of everything that she made it impossible to really enjoy anything at all.”
― The Wide Window
― The Wide Window
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
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