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Book Quotes by Ann Patchett
- I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for…
- I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.
- I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers.…
- Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores.
- I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.
- I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
- Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy…
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- The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a… — David Attenborough
- I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
- Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
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