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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 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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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. – G.K. Chesterton

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The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. – Ray Bradbury

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He that uses many words for the explaining any subject doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink. – John Ray

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A metaphor is like a simile. – Author Unknown

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Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. – E.L. Doctorow

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