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Diane Setterfield is a British author born on August 22, 1964. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. Her debut novel, 'The Time Traveler's Wife,' published in 2007, quickly gained popularity and critical acclaim, becoming an international bestseller.

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“Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly?”

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Book:Bellman & Black: A Novel

Source: Bellman & Black: A Novel

“There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas.”

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Book:The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

Source: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

“People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think of them.”

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Book:The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

Source: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

“Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think about them.”

Source: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

“Readers are fools. They believe all writing is autobiographical. And so it is, but not in the way they think. The writer's life needs time to rot away before it can be used to nourish a work of fiction. it must be allowed to decay.”

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Book:The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

Source: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

“I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for me, it must be said, the most important thing.”

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Book:The Thirteenth Tale

Source: The Thirteenth Tale

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Born: August 22, 1964
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