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title: "6 Reader Decide Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-m-ford/sometimes-the-reader-will-decide-something-else-than-the-author-s/)

[John M. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-m-ford/)

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> [I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a ship are looking for a whale. They look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-handey/i-think-a-good-novel-would-be-where-a-bunch-of-men-on-a-ship-are/)

[Jack Handey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-handey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/jack-handey-829_aids_i-think-a-good-novel-would-be-where-a-bu_1290169.jpg)

> [But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/but-in-all-things-whether-we-shall-make-only-a-due-use-of-the/)

[Sarah Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-fielding/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/sarah-fielding-19151_all-things_but-in-all-things-whether-we-shall-make_1433308.png)

> [The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-m-ford/the-ideal-it-seems-to-me-is-to-show-things-happening-and-allow-the/)

[John M. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-m-ford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/john-m-ford-24552_allow_the-ideal-it-seems-to-me-is-to-show-thin_2413866.jpg)

> [“All we can do is write, but its up to the reader to decide if we wrote masterpieces or empty silliness, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uma-nnenna/all-we-can-do-is-write-but-its-up-to-the-reader-to-decide-if-we-wrote/)

[Uma Nnenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uma-nnenna/)

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> [I'd like the reader to decide if he is willing to pay minute sums for content. I'd like the economics of web…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cailliau/i-d-like-the-reader-to-decide-if-he-is-willing-to-pay-minute-sums-for/)

[Robert Cailliau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cailliau/)

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