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title: "4 Literature Place Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/literature-is-the-one-place-in-any-society-where-within-the-secrecy/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/literature-is-the-one-place-in-any-society-where-within-the-secrecy-2/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [If you focus on literature through only one small element of it, like the more scientific element of linguistics, then where is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-c-boyle/if-you-focus-on-literature-through-only-one-small-element-of-it-like/)

[T.C. Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-c-boyle/)

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> [Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/literature-is-a-place-for-generosity-and-affection-and-hunger-for/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

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