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> [There were several points where I would kind of turn to the book and say, "Get thee behind me." I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/there-were-several-points-where-i-would-kind-of-turn-to-the-book-and/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/it-is-in-their-good-characters-that-novelists-make-unawares-the-most/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/god-gets-the-great-stories-novelists-must-make-do-with-more-mundane/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

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