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No Less Strange or Wonderful: Essays

by A. Kendra Greene (Goodreads Author)

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Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

by Maggie Smith (Goodreads Author)

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Other People We Married

by Emma Straub (Goodreads Author)

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Melanie’s Quotes

“There was something highly literary in the idea of succumbing to a fateful solitary misery, like working myself to death making hats.”
― Amanda Sellet, By the Book

tags: humorous-quotes, literature-about-literature

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“The novelist’s perception of motive and character is equally suited to the penetration of human deceit. I am determined never to apologise for my talents in either.”
― Stephanie Barron, Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas

tags: character, motive, novelists

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