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# john darnton

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John Darnton is an American journalist who wrote for the New York Times. He is a two-time winner of the Polk Award, of which he is now the curator, and the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. He also moonlights as a novelist, writing scientific and medical thrillers.

##  Quotes by john darnton

> [“How paltry are the traces left behind by a life, even one concentrated around those supposed things of permanence called words. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-darnton/how-paltry-are-the-traces-left-behind-by-a-life-even-one-concentrated/)

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[1920s](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1920s-371/)

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> [“Souvent Me Souvient (Remember Me Often)-The Darwin Conspiracy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-darnton/souvent-me-souvient-remember-me-often-the-darwin-conspiracy/)

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> [“Sempre teremos de morrer”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-darnton/sempre-teremos-de-morrer/)

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