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Rowan MacBean
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The public, as Dr. Johnson said, are the ultimate judges: if they are pleased, it is well; if not, it is no use to tell them why they ought to have been pleased.
“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
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“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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