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Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, read more
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying read more
Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.
The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.
The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.
