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title: "3 Writers Countries Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The reason some crime writers have a chip on their shoulder about the label is because their good books are shelved beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pelecanos/the-reason-some-crime-writers-have-a-chip-on-their-shoulder-about-the/)

[George Pelecanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pelecanos/)

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> [After all everybody, that is, everybody who writes is interested in living inside themselves in order to tell what is inside themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/after-all-everybody-that-is-everybody-who-writes-is-interested-in/)

[Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/)

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> [My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/my-liking-for-scandinavian-crime-fiction-led-me-into-exploring/)

[Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/)

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