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Frank McCourt
“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

Daphne du Maurier
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
Daphne du Maurier

Penelope Mortimer
“When I was fourteen I had the world at my feet but somebody didn't do their job properly and allowed me to sin.”
Penelope Mortimer, The Pumpkin Eater

John Fowles
“The silence was terrible then, as tense as a bridge about to break, a tower to fall; unedurable in its emotion, its truth bursting to be spoken.”
John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman

Alan Hollinghurst
“He somehow saw that to her being drunk had its whole long sentimental history, whereas to him it was a freakish novelty.”
Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger's Child

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