"Of all my children, you were always the……" — Elizabeth George
"Of all my children, you were always the hardest on yourself. You were always looking for the right way to behave, so concerned you might make a mistake. But, darling, there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes, our actions, and the consequences that follow both. There are only events, how we cope with them, and what we learn from the coping." "That's too easy," he said. "On the contrary. It's monumentally difficult."
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19 Quotes by Elizabeth George
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I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.
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Having a facility for language is an important part of being an author.
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I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.
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It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.
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