The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is not necessarily one. -Anatole Broyard

 

The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is not necessarily one.


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His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the terrace for a while, walked off and forgot him. It was the perfect start in life for a writer.

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To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.

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The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.

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The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.

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Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized form of anxiety.

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