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> [If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and then be put in a gas chamber.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/if-you-have-one-strong-idea-you-can-t-help-repeating-it-and/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

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## More by John P. Marquand

> [“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/distrust-the-book-which-reads-too-easily-because-such-writing-appeals/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“Some day you will know that there is a beauty of the soul that is more important than worldly beauty. Remember this when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/some-day-you-will-know-that-there-is-a-beauty-of-the-soul-that-is/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“The mood is on me to-night only becuase I have listened to several hours of intelligent conversation and I am not a very brilliant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/the-mood-is-on-me-to-night-only-becuase-i-have-listened-to-several/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“Yet whenever he thought of himself as a dull, deluded opportunist, compared with other people, he always remembered the intensity of his own feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/yet-whenever-he-thought-of-himself-as-a-dull-deluded-opportunist/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“Most people in the world don't know who the Apleys are and they don't give a damn. I don't intend this as rudeness, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/most-people-in-the-world-don-t-know-who-the-apleys-are-and-they-don-t/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [In the mornings when they were in the city, they had breakfast on a card table in Jeffrey's study](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/in-the-mornings-when-they-were-in-the-city-they-had-breakfast-on-a/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“There can be no compromise between wrong and right. Germany is wrong and the Allies are right. The devastations of Belgium and the atrocities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/there-can-be-no-compromise-between-wrong-and-right-germany-is-wrong/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [I hope that I am as broadminded as others, and you have always seen a decanter of wine on the table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/i-hope-that-i-am-as-broadminded-as-others-and-you-have-always-seen-a/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“Nothing which is worth while is easy, nor in my experience is the actual doing of it particularly pleasant. The pleasure arises from completion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/nothing-which-is-worth-while-is-easy-nor-in-my-experience-is-the/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“Materialism has made you worship Mammon and in this material world everything comes too easily. Heat comes too easily and cold. Money comes too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/materialism-has-made-you-worship-mammon-and-in-this-material-world/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/if-you-have-one-strong-idea-you-can-t-help-repeating-it-and/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“You must learn to spend your money wisely...The main thing is not to have too much money to spend. This I have always found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/you-must-learn-to-spend-your-money-wisely-the-main-thing-is-not-to/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

> [“If George Apley failed to meet certain challenges, let us admit that we all have failed in some respects, and let us remember that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-p-marquand/if-george-apley-failed-to-meet-certain-challenges-let-us-admit-that/)

[John P. Marquand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-p-marquand/)

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