"Don't tell readers what to think. Let the action speak for itself."

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Source : Paula McLain (2012). “The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.109, Ballantine Books

Paula McLain

#Thinking Quotes #Action Quotes #Speak Quotes

“You've got to keep things flying.”
“Tweetin' ain't cheatin'.”
“Mick McCarthy will have to replace Cascarino because he's quickly running out of legs.”
“When the flower opens, the bees will come.”
“The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places?”
“Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.”
“Your woman wears underwear out in public,â€ Sabin said. â€œMust be nice. Howâ€™d you manage that little miracle?â€ â€œOnly the Deity knows.”
“I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.”

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