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title: "4 Maud Casey Quotes - Famous Novelist"
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# Maud Casey

Novelist

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Maud Casey is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Maud Casey

Profession Novelist

## About Maud Casey

American novelist, professor... \| Maud Casey is an American novelist, and professor of creative writing at University of Maryland, College Park.

##  Quotes by Maud Casey

> [“He finally understood...the thing that the people during the Paleolitic Age, freaking 20,000 to 8,000 B.C., were after when they came up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-casey/he-finally-understood-the-thing-that-the-people-during-the-paleolitic/)

[Maud Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-casey/)

[Desires](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desires/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/maud-casey-67438_desires_he-finally-understood-the-thing-that-the_1155975.jpg)

> [“I was born with a reading list that never ends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-casey/i-was-born-with-a-reading-list-that-never-ends/)

[Maud Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-casey/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/maud-casey-67438_books_i-was-born-with-a-reading-list-that-neve_1587548.jpg)

> [“It's a razor's edge kind of innocence, which relies on a willingness to be duped for the sake of transcending ordinary experience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-casey/it-s-a-razor-s-edge-kind-of-innocence-which-relies-on-a-willingness/)

[Maud Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-casey/)

[Duped](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/duped/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/maud-casey-67438_duped_it-s-a-razor-s-edge-kind-of-innocence-wh_2805432.jpg)

> [“I was born with a reading list I will never finish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-casey/i-was-born-with-a-reading-list-i-will-never-finish/)

[Maud Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-casey/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/maud-casey-67438_books_i-was-born-with-a-reading-list-i-will-ne_3111863.jpg)

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