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Edward Dahlberg was an American novelist known for his distinctive writing style and profound depiction of life in the American Midwest. His works are typically based on realism and delve into the complexities of human nature and social injustice.

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Famous Edward Dahlberg Quotes

“What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about spectral, muscledsuits; dresses, hats, and sleeves which have some sort of vague, libidinous throb. These are plainly the product of sickness.”

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Book:Alms for Oblivion

Source: Alms for Oblivion

“What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is more surprised than an honest writer when he makes a good phrase or says something truthful.”

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Author:Edward Dahlberg

“We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.”

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“A painter can hang his pictures, but a writer can only hang himself.”

Writing Painter

Book:Reasons of the heart

Source: Reasons of the heart

“Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.”

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Book:Alms for oblivion: essays

Source: Alms for oblivion: essays

“Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will to resist evil.”

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Book:Alms for oblivion: essays

Source: Alms for oblivion: essays

“Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident.”

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Book:The sorrows of Priapus: consisting of The sorrows of Priapus and The carnal myth

Source: The sorrows of Priapus: consisting of The sorrows of Priapus and The carnal myth

“To write is a humiliation.”

Writing Humiliation

Book:The Carnal Myth: A Search Into Classical Sensuality

Source: The Carnal Myth: A Search Into Classical Sensuality

About the Author

Born: July 22, 1900
Died: February 27, 1977
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 60

Books & Sources

Alms for OblivionRelated source material

Reasons of the heartRelated source material

The sorrows of Priapus: consisting of The sorrows of Priapus and The carnal mythRelated source material

Alms for oblivion, essays: With a foreword by Sir Herbert ReadRelated source material

Alms for oblivion: essaysRelated source material

The Carnal Myth: A Search Into Classical SensualityRelated source material

The Edward Dahlberg ReaderRelated source material

Because I was Flesh: The Autobiography of Edward DahlbergRelated source material

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