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> [ “He thought of the next Saturday. \[...\] He thought of the picnic by the dipping pool on the river, where oaks and willows dappled the sun on water the color of tea; and girls in light summer dresses would sit… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/he-thought-of-the-next-saturday-he-thought-of-the-picnic-by-the/)

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## More by Stef Penney

> [Just because we think of wolves (or the wilderness, or another race) as wild and fierce, doesn't mean there isn't another side to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/just-because-we-think-of-wolves-or-the-wilderness-or-another-race-as/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [I definitely do feel a pull toward people and places that are far from my own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/i-definitely-do-feel-a-pull-toward-people-and-places-that-are-far/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [I don't think I could write about someone I didn't feel some sympathy for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/i-don-t-think-i-could-write-about-someone-i-didn-t-feel-some-sympathy/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [“He smiled to show he meant no offense, but Scott takes offense like it is going out of style, and bristled.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/he-smiled-to-show-he-meant-no-offense-but-scott-takes-offense-like-it/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [Whenever I pick up a book I think, "Tell me something I don't know."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/whenever-i-pick-up-a-book-i-think-tell-me-something-i-don-t-know/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/initially-i-only-decided-to-try-and-write-a-novel-because-i-wasn-t/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [...it just goes to show you can't leave anything behind. You bring it all with you, whether you want to or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/it-just-goes-to-show-you-can-t-leave-anything-behind-you-bring-it-all/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [I love research, and in fact it's liberating because you have to create your own world. No one can say "I've just got back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/i-love-research-and-in-fact-it-s-liberating-because-you-have-to/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [I suppose the short chapters and differing narrative points of view are quite "cinematic" devices, which came very naturally to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/i-suppose-the-short-chapters-and-differing-narrative-points-of-view/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [I don't use real people for inspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/i-don-t-use-real-people-for-inspiration/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/if-writers-stuck-to-firsthand-experience-novels-would-be-pretty/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [Gypsies are, to say the least, underrepresented in literature and film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/gypsies-are-to-say-the-least-underrepresented-in-literature-and-film/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [I despise this weakness in myself--this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/i-despise-this-weakness-in-myself-this-endless-one-sided-conversation/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [ “He thought of the next Saturday. \[...\] He thought of the picnic by the dipping pool on the river, where oaks and willows dappled… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/he-thought-of-the-next-saturday-he-thought-of-the-picnic-by-the/)

[Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stef-penney/)

> [Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stef-penney/clearly-the-secret-of-happiness-is-a-variation-on-the-general/)

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