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Amitabh Shukla
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“I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.”
― Dear John
― Dear John
“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?”
― Politics and the English Language
― Politics and the English Language
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Happy Birthday to You!
― Happy Birthday to You!
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
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Historical Fiction in the Clavell, Uris, Michener, Follett Tradition
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My favorite books so far have been Trinity, Shogun, and Pillars of the Earth. I look forward to reading other books along these lines.
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