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A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.

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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

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I hate the twaddle talk of love, whether it's about myself or about any one else. It makes me feel ashamed of my sex, when I find out that I cannot ta...more

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There are things that will not have themselves buried and put out of sight, as though they had never been.