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“One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favorite writers. It gave one a curious feeling; it was like seeing a drunken stranger wrapped in one's dressing gown.”
― Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm

“I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious. They demand a lot of attention. But I remember thinking that I wanted to have one with someone who's not so crazy and peculiar and demanding.”
― A.M. Homes

“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”
― Adrienne Rich

“I couldn't have thought of her more. Even vacancy was crowded with her.”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair