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title: "4 Question Novel Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-clancy/two-questions-form-the-foundation-of-all-novels-what-if-and-what-next/)

[Tom Clancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-clancy/)

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> [The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholson-baker/the-question-any-novel-is-really-trying-to-answer-is-is-life-worth/)

[Nicholson Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholson-baker/)

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> [“Alice falls into her own story all at the cost of seeking the answer to the Looking-glass question; (novel/stageplay/screenplay/audiobook)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zizzi-bonah/alice-falls-into-her-own-story-all-at-the-cost-of-seeking-the-answer/)

[Zizzi Bonah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zizzi-bonah/)

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> [The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-smith/the-main-question-to-a-novel-is-did-it-amuse-were-you-surprised-at/)

[Sydney Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-smith/)

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