"A novel is a printed circuit through which flows the force of a reader's own life."

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Source : E.L. Doctorow (2011). “Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992”, p.147, Random House

E. L. Doctorow

#Fiction Quotes #Flow Quotes #Force Quotes

“Men tend to lie when it comes to sexual conquests. You should hear some of the ego-driven lies my friends have told me: 'Swear to God, man - the hooker gave the money back.'”
“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”
“Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.”
“Any fear is always worse than the thing itself.”
“Ro trails his hands against the wall as he walks. The archivists look at him as he passes. Ro is good at irritating people; he'll find the one thing you don't want him to do, and do it every time. It's one of his many gifts.”

Source : Margaret Stohl (2013). “Icons”, p.124, Hachette UK
“The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.”

Source : Frances Perkins, Joseph Paul St. Sure (1965). “Two views of American labor”
“It takes one second to ruin a woman's life.”
“There are many things one thinks about in a painting. Often, it's how to handle your chosen medium and how to best reveal the light in a three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface.”

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