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title: "6 Novels Tell Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Post-apocalyptic novels tell you that in the future there is some great war. I would tell you that most cops say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-gardner/post-apocalyptic-novels-tell-you-that-in-the-future-there-is-some/)

[Lisa Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-gardner/)

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> [I think a writer's first job is to entertain, even in novels: to tell a compelling story that pulls the reader along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-hawley/i-think-a-writer-s-first-job-is-to-entertain-even-in-novels-to-tell-a/)

[Noah Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-hawley/)

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> [Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/ladies-know-what-to-guard-against-because-they-read-novels-that-tell/)

[Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/)

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> [No matter how troubled a character's history, romance novels tell us, love can be built upon it, and happily-ever-after can result. What's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-maclean/no-matter-how-troubled-a-character-s-history-romance-novels-tell-us/)

[Sarah MacLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-maclean/)

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> [“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/novels-can-tell-us-so-much-about-life-they-have-the-power-to-enrich/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

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> [Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/novels-tell-us-the-most-truth-about-life-what-it-is-how-we-live-it/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/julian-barnes-522_books_novels-tell-us-the-most-truth-about-life_2452168.png)

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