"God pity the poor novelist."

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Source : Steven Millhauser (2011). “Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright”, p.54, Vintage

Steven Millhauser

#Novelists Quotes #Pity Quotes #Poor Quotes

“I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the things for which we dont always have a name, and the things that are not easy to articulate - the difference between what we think and how we feel.”
“My dear sisters in humanity: Your beauty-both internal and external-is priceless. Only the man who marries you has a right to see it. Never forget, if he doesn't want to marry you, he doesn't deserve you.”
“My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me something totally different that there was a God. He knit me together in my mother's womb. He made me special. He wanted to have a personal relationship with me.”
“If you don't have people that care about usability on your project, your project is doomed.”
“Therefore, I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.”
“I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.”

Source : People Interview, people.com. May 21, 2001.
“To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.”

Source : "Excerpts From Laurene Powell Jobs’ First Interview Since The Death Of Steve Jobs". Interview with Brian Williams, techcrunch.com. April 12, 2013.
“If someone else of the opposite sex joins either of you in your favorite recreational activities, you are at risk of falling in love with that person.”

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