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> [“There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me there is no distinction between the mystery novel and the novel, only between good books and bad books. A good book takes the reader…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-franklin-bardin/there-is-only-one-motive-for-writing-a-novel-to-be-published-and-read/)

John Franklin Bardin

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## More by John Franklin Bardin

> [“Not today! No, never again would she sit by the window, her back turned so she would not see him walk down the flagstone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-franklin-bardin/not-today-no-never-again-would-she-sit-by-the-window-her-back-turned/)

John Franklin Bardin

> [“Although the frightful is, perhaps rightly, conjoined in our minds with the darkly coloured, the harshly dissonant - with bludgeon blows and the odours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-franklin-bardin/although-the-frightful-is-perhaps-rightly-conjoined-in-our-minds-with/)

John Franklin Bardin

> [“There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me there is no distinction between the mystery novel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-franklin-bardin/there-is-only-one-motive-for-writing-a-novel-to-be-published-and-read/)

John Franklin Bardin

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