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Philip Sington
“Her hair, just long enough now to tie back in a knot, had a coppery sheen, a hint of fire in the darkness.”
Philip Sington, The Einstein Girl

Philip Sington
“I wanted her body and soul, but body first.”
Philip Sington, The Valley of Unknowing

Philip Sington
“One thing I knew about the novelist’s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the blank page. The blank page is the void, the absence of sense and feeling, the white light of literary death.”
Philip Sington, The Valley of Unknowing

Philip Sington
“We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards.”
Philip Sington, The Valley of Unknowing

Philip Sington
“All writers are insecure, the male ones especially. It's well known. Why else would they spend so much time on make-believe? They're only happy in their imaginary worlds, because that's where they're in charge - where they're God. Did you know that Hemingway's mother dressed him as a girl until he was six years old?"
I was not offended by Claudia's glib psychological theory. Like many glib psychological theories, it struck me as fundamentally correct.”
Philip Sington, The Valley of Unknowing

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