Defamatory Quotes

“What's the book about?" "I must admit I haven't read it. It's over five hundred pages long, which is a mistake — any defamatory work ought to be readable in half an hour.
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― Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

“I had not said the words attributed to me. Even if I had said them, they weren't defamatory. Even if they were, it was a private conversation. Also—not that I am admitting I said them—they are true.”
― Thomm Quackenbush, The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose