I dislike that premise implies that a fiction writer is incapable of dreaming up stories that can bring readers to tears, that… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
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The point of my stories was not to defeat Trump. The point was to tell readers the facts about this man running… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
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The future of narrative? Built in, part of the human template. Not going away. The future of the codex book, with pages… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
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The literary man has a circle of the chosen few who read him and become his only public. . . . What… — Amado Nervo Copy Share Image
People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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The Neapolitan novels have a lot of references to things outside, to things of the world, to culture, politics, the city of… — Ann Goldstein Copy Share Image
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Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
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If you are interested in happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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In North Korea the math book says, you know, there are four American bastards. You kill two of them. Then how many… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Whatever action we are doing, we should be sure to keep the thought of God alive within. Whenever we sit or get… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
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