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> [But the idea is to provoke and persuade, not to soothe. And the best way to make an argument is to make it, straightforwardly, honestly, passionately, without regard to whether people will like you afterward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-newton/but-the-idea-is-to-provoke-and-persuade-not-to-soothe-and-the-best/)

Maud Newton

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## More by Maud Newton

> [I don't think of it as procrastination. I think of it as allowing my work to accumulate urgency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-newton/i-don-t-think-of-it-as-procrastination-i-think-of-it-as-allowing-my/)

Maud Newton

> [In winter I like sprawling novels, full of conflict and intrigue, and during the bleakest, coldest days of December I holed up with Nicola…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-newton/in-winter-i-like-sprawling-novels-full-of-conflict-and-intrigue-and/)

Maud Newton

> [But the idea is to provoke and persuade, not to soothe. And the best way to make an argument is to make it, straightforwardly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-newton/but-the-idea-is-to-provoke-and-persuade-not-to-soothe-and-the-best/)

Maud Newton

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