“Some animals are secretive; some are shy. A cat is private.”
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Famous Leonard Michaels Quotes
“There's hardly anywhere in literature where you don't find a triangle.”
“The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling.”
“There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.”
Source: The Collected Stories
“Of mystery there is no end. Of clarity, there is precious little.”
“I read assiduously. I kept in touch with my species.”
Source: Sylvia: A Fictional Memoir
“Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.”
“Adultery is not about sex or romance. Ultimately, it is about how little we mean to one another.”