"Biographers use historians more than historians use biographers, although there can be two-way traffic - e.g., the ever-growing production of biographies of women is helping to change the general picture of the past presented by historians."

-- Claire Tomalin

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“Science advances funeral by funeral”
“I believe in looseness.”
“The interesting thing about fiction from a writer's standpoint is that the characters come to life within you. And yet who are they and where are they? They seem to have as much or more vitality and complexity as the people around you.”
“I'm still the fat kid from high school who never had a date”

Source : "Bring on the clown" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2004.
“Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late.”
“Parents offer an open womb. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can kiss it, and make it well whentheir grown children need to regress and repair. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can catch you when you start to fall. When you are in disgrace, defeat, and despair, home may be the safest place to hide.”
“Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.”
“Live in such a way that the world will be glad you did.”

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