Helen Driver
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“There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.”
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“It is so short and jumbled and jangled because there is nothing intelligent to say after a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead...everything is supposed to be very quiet...and it always is, except for the birds.”
― Slaughterhouse-five
― Slaughterhouse-five
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
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“How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.”
― The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont
― The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont
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