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4391 Novelist Quotes

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Vices Wine
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

Race Perish Power
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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

Nails
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

Life Burden Finding That
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Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

Faces Charm Soon
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
Architect He Himself History
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People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.

People Light Dark Quickly
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God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage? she prayed desperately.

Create Full Being Woman
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The leaves were still on the trees, but were becoming dry, perched like birds ready to fly off.

Fly Bird Dry Leaves
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Marriage is lovely when it works, but if it does not, should one condemn oneself ? I stopped feeling guilty for being me.

Condemn Guilty Being Lovely
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Living entirely off writing is a precarious existence and money is always short, bit with careful management and planning I found I could keep my head and those of my family, through God's grace, above water.

Water Grace God Family
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Writers simply have to write, and not worry so much about what people think, because public opinion is such a difficult horse to ride.

Ride Horse Difficult Public
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A hungry man is an angry one.
Angry Hungry Man
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The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it.

African Approve Book Bride
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In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.

Black Britain Deal Exist
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I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator.

Believe Both Communicator Enable
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I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

Feminist Liberation Toward Woman
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As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

Book Different Money Publisher
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I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.

Developing Nigerian Rather Somebody
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I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same time as telling the story.

Africa Background Cultural Highlight
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Marriage can wait, education cannot.

Marriage Wait Education Cannot
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The day you write to please everyone you no longer are in journalism. You are in show business.
Write Journalism Show Business
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You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people.

Virtue After Operate Sinful
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I'll make it. I won't die. I've got too much I have to do to let myself die.

Die Myself Make Won't
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The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again.

Rain Chest Baptism Born
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When you got a condition, it's bad to forget your medicine.

Medicine Condition Forget Bad
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I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.

Mvie Comic Book Thinking
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I am convinced that there are times in everybody's experience when there is so much to be done, that the only way to do it is to sit down and do nothing.

Convinced Sit Down Nothing
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There are no little things.

Little Universe Hinges Called
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The cream of enjoyment in this life is always impromptu. The chance walk; the unexpected visit; the unpremeditated journey; the unsought conversation or acquaintance.
Cream Life Chance Unexpected
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The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.

Heart Stomach Way Man
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Experience is an excellent doctor, though he never had a diploma.
Doctor Diploma Excellent Experience
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Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all.

Despised Holiday Worth Father
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Too much indulgence has ruined thousands of children; too much love not one.

Love Ruined Indulgence Children
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To her, the name of father was another name for love.

Love Name Father Her
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To the Pilgrim Mothers, who not only had their full share of the hardships and privations of pioneer life but also had the Pilgrim Fathers to endure.

Full Share Pioneer Life
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Well, it is a humiliating reflection, that the straightest road to a man's heart is through his palate.

Palate Reflection Humilating Straightest
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The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.

Alone Army Believing Control
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The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western.

Book Conception Does Experience
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.

Abhorrent Advocate Challenge Conviction
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.

Because Being Feeling Flourish
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.

Always Imitation Opponents Poor
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Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.

Being Defend Dignity Europe
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.

About Familiar First Form
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The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.

Beauty Mystery World Emerges
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Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it before: I'd been living luminously between two eternities of darkness.

Before Birth Infinite Time
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Without patience and the skill of a craftsman, even the greatest talent is wasted.
Patience Without Skill Craftsman
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Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.

Happiness Holding Someone Arms
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We live but for a short time, we see but very little, and we know almost nothing; so, at least, let's do some dreaming. Have yourself a very good Sunday, my dear readers.

We Live Short Time
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For if a lover's face survives emblazoned on your heart, the world is still your home.

Face Survives Emblazoned Heart
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