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Quote by Graham Greene
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a d

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. – Graham Greene

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Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. – Graham Greene

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