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you find them wreathed in knowing deprecating smiles; they beg you to spare them.

hunger now seemed a prolongation of physical well-being, a delicious drowsiness.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.

my memory is reasonably good—unlike yours, dear sir!" "Mine is erratic," he said imperturbably. "I remember only what interests me.

Well, you have the right to make a sacrifice of yourself, but I'll be damned if I'll let you sacrifice me!

was always on hand if needed. The strategic national stockpile of unhappiness. But now (for the first time) the moment

They write romantic songs about men who are wanderers. Women they crucify." "She

The beginning of Eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, And the end of every place. What am I?

The midwife looked about on the floor, as if worried for a moment that Alice's nose had actually dropped off.

My first memory is of light -- the brightness of light -- light all around.

Writing is a conversation, to me. The best kind. You can't get interrupted.

No one but a murderer would have thought of giving Gerry that albatross.

and the handsome women and girls with velvet black eyes

dead by all the relatives. You are supposed to be head of the family – stop him writing it.' 'You do exaggerate, Larry dear,' said Mother. 'Anyway

It was originally intended to be a mildly nostalgic account of the natural history of the island

As a statement calculated to quell alarm it left a lot to be desired.

I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.

All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.

The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber What

There were good places and bad places to tell stories and there were of course stories that could not be told in any place on earth and these were reserved for heaven. 

Gerald M. Lemole

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Writing books is a suicidal profession. No other demands as much time, as much work, as much dedication, by comparison with its immediate benefits. I don't think many readers finishing a book ask themselves how many hours of anguish and domestic calamities those two hundred pages have cost the author or how much he received for his work …