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Quote by G.K. Chesterton
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel te

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. – G.K. Chesterton

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A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. – Charles Peguy

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When we see a natural style we are quite amazed and delighted, because we expected to see an author and find a man. РBlaise Pascal, Pens̩es, 1670

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The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. – T.S. Eliot

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Is a stolen copyright a copywrong? – Anonymous

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