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Glenway Wescott was an American novelist known for his delicate psychological portraits and profound social insights. His works often explore themes such as the individual versus society, love and loneliness, and are highly appreciated by readers.

The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait

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The pilgrim hawk: a love story

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The Crack-up

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Love Passion Infidelity In Marriage Marriage Of Convenience

Book:The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait

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“During their last years it was as if they lay on one deathbed — the dying hands interlaced by habit, by hatred of each other and love of God, the dying mouths murmuring truths without pity and complaining still.”

Marriage Unhappy Marriage Longing For Love Long Marriage Prudery Suffering Cruelty

Book:The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait

Source: The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait

“Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature are certain not to work, not to glow, not to strike home.”

Ifs Humans Home Certain Human Nature Strikes Nervous Confused Nervous System Factual Nervousness Narration Minutiae

Author:Glenway Wescott

“But let us laugh carelessly like other men. Let us be timid even among fools. Let us knot silence around our throats. For they would surely kill us.”

Men Silence Laughing Fool Throat Knots

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“Life goes on and on after one's luck has run out. Youthfulness persists, alas, long after one has ceased to be young.”

Long Running Young Goes On Luck Persist Alas Life Goes On Be Young Youthfulness

Book:The pilgrim hawk: a love story

Source: The pilgrim hawk: a love story

“People as a rule do mean much more than they understand.”

People Mean

Book:The pilgrim hawk: a love story

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“It is not love, but lack of love which is blind.”

Love Love You Blind Romantic Love Lack Of Love

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“New York City is a great apartment hotel in which everyone lives and no one is at home.”

Home Cities New York Hotel New York City Apartment

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“There must always be some pretentiousness about literature, or else no one would take its pains or endure its disappointments.”

Pain Literature Endure Disappointment Pretentiousness

Book:The Crack-up

Source: The Crack-up

About the Author

Born: April 11, 1901
Died: February 22, 1987
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 9

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The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait

The pilgrim hawk: a love story

The Crack-up

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