Ian Laird
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David Foster Wallace
“I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion.”
David Foster Wallace

Roald Dahl
“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”
Roald Dahl, Matilda

Rudyard Kipling
“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition”
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Arthur Conan Doyle
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Henry Green
“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.”
Henry Green

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