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title: "2 Characters Breathe Quotes by 1 author"
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> [I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/i-must-love-big-novels-because-that-s-what-i-ve-written-it-takes-a/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/norman-rush-30728_air_i-must-love-big-novels-because-that-s-wh_907372.jpg)

> [“It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/it-takes-a-while-before-you-begin-to-breathe-the-air-the-characters/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/norman-rush-30728_fiction_it-takes-a-while-before-you-begin-to-bre_2200002.jpg)

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