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Novelist

Charles Palliser is a British novelist born on December 11, 1947. His works are known for their unique narrative techniques and profound insights into the society of the Victorian era.

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Famous Charles Palliser Quotes

“We don’t exist in and for ourselves but only in as much as we are re-created in the imagination of another person— by entering that person’s life as fully as possible. I mean, entering it imaginatively, intellectually, physically and emotionally with all the conflicts that that makes inevitable.”

Passion

Book:The Unburied

Source: The Unburied

“When you love, you entrust to that person your sense of your own worth, and if that person throws you aside, you believe profoundly and utterly that it is because you are worthless. That is a kind of death.”

Self Esteem

Book:The Unburied

Source: The Unburied

“We only value ourselves as others value us, for it might be said that we hold ourselves in trust for others.”

Self Esteem

Book:The Unburied

Source: The Unburied

“There are people who invite betrayal. They are demanding towards themselves and don't realize how hard they are on other people. They make it difficult for others not to fail them. And in some cases they even take a grim pleasure from being let down.”

Psychology Betrayal

Book:The Unburied

Source: The Unburied

“Victorian values meant brutalizing people who were often poor.”

People Values Poor Victorian

Author:Charles Palliser

“I think every first-person narrator in a novel should be compromised. I prefer that word to unreliable.”

Thinking Should Firsts Persons Novel First Person Unreliable Narrators

Author:Charles Palliser

“To exist is to be betrayed, since we exist for others only by virtue of what we betray of ourselves to them.”

Virtue Betray Betrayed

Book:Betrayals

Source: Betrayals

About the Author

Born: December 11, 1947
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 7

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