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“I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.”

J. K. Rowling

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What's the worst that could happen? Everyone turned me down; big deal.

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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

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I don't think I am evangelical in my work.

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You'll stay with me?' Until the very end,' said James.

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