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Matthew Pearl

Matthew Pearl Books

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Matthew Pearl, born on October 2, 1975, is an American novelist known for his historical and mystery novels. His works are characterized by the combination of historical events with fictional stories, creating captivating narratives.

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“...and since the beginning of human history the soldier and the poet had shared great (or terrible) imaginations that remade their surroundings.”

Imagination History Poet Soldier Dante Club Matthew Pearl

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“It is Dante who decides who should be punished and where they go, what torments they suffer. It is the poet who takes those measures, yet by making himself the journeyer, he tries to make us forget: We think he too is another innocent witness to god's work.”

Facts Quotes True Dante Divina Commedia

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“'Pity without rigor would be cowardly egotism, mere sentimentality.'”

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“Books inspire a man to embrace the world or flee it. They start wars and end them. They make the men and women who write and publish them vast fortunes, and nearly as quickly can drive them into madness and despair. Stay away from what you do not fathom from now on...”

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“What begins as taste becomes religion”

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“His life was a suicide. He gave up his soul for fear, little by little, until there was nowhere left in the universe but hell.”

Life Hell True Accurate

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“...It is the one time Dante calls such explicit attention to the idea of contrapasso-a word for which we have no exact translation, no precise definition in English, because the word in itself is its definition... Well, my dear Longfellow, I would say countersuffering ... the notion that each sinner must be punished by continuing the damage of his own sin against him... just as these Schismatics are cut apart...”

Sin Dante Divine Comedy

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“People admired her poetry, but she knew there were plenty of readers who questioned it. How could she write brokenhearted verse if she never loved? Why did she compose so much about death if she knew little of life?”

Love Death Poetry Poet Broken Hearted Dante Club Matthew Pearl Christina Rossetti Dante Chamber

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“The boundary between being an exile and being mad seemed to be a fine one... losing one’s rightful place in the world could mean losing one’s mind.”

Mad Boundaries Insane Exile Dante Club Matthew Pearl

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“In younger years, he’d wonder whether he was more doctor or writer. Since the dark period back home, he questioned if he was really either—witnessing death all around him had robbed him of both.”

Death Poet Doctor Dante Club Matthew Pearl Dante Chamber Oliver Wendell Holmes

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“Nobody knew what they were supposed to believe or what neighbors and relatives believed. Ghosts suddenly became as legitimate an option as anyone’s god.”

God Belief Ghosts Dante Club Matthew Pearl Dante Chamber

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“He always came back to the belief that creeds, religious and otherwise, were for those who did not have sufficient internal more guidance.”

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“No poet is ever really young... Their delicate ears always hear the far-off whisper of death, which coarser souls must travel towards for years before their duller senses touch....”

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“...the city usually only dulled and interrupted him. He required quiet, and to keep himself to himself, more than any writer he’d known. He was a shy beast who loved his burrow.”

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“An obscure character by the name of Belial. He is interpreted as a minion of the devil by some scholars, but that is wrong. It is ignorance. The name means, literally speaking, 'one who cannot be yoked,' and it is really every one of us who takes control of our own destiny while others blow in the wind. We may be punished for it, but we would never do it another way. We are all Belials.”

Destiny Devil Belial Take Control Of Your Fate

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“Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.”

People Funny Eternity Courtesy Informing

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“Strangers talking over piles of books do not remain strangers for long.”

Long Book Talking Stranger

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“Imagine! It is the real power of a book--not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the pages in, makes it part of himself. That is the definition of literature.”

Book Real Happens Literature Imagine Reader Pages Definitions Real Power

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“...and luckily I have enough in my head to balance what is wanting in my back.”

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“Romance is not an idea, but a moment. An unspoken glance when someone looks into your eyes and knows exactly who you are, what you need.”

Knows Needs Looks Ideas Moments Eye Romance Who You Are Glances Unspoken

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“Though a woman tempted man to eat, my dear Longfellow," said Holmes, "you never hear of Eve having to do with his drinking, for he took to that of his own notion.”

Men Said Drinking Notion Dear Tempted Holmes

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“Remember that there are two things in this life that are never worth crying about: what can be cured and what cannot be cured.”

Two Remember Cry This Life Two Things

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“Shakespeare brings us to know ourselves. Dante, with his dissection of all others, bids us to know one another.”

Knows Dissection

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“He was outwardly calm but inwardly bleeding to death.”

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“Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?”

May Book Light Would Be Lying Pages

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“I prefer the society of one faithful person to an association of rapid talkers, who more than anything else seek admiration from one another.”

Persons Faithful Admiration Association Rapids Talkers

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“With James Reese’s vivid and chilling novel, readers will gain a whole new appreciation of two gothic landmarks, Dracula and Jack the Ripper. Not only does The Dracula Dossier grip us with its fast paced hunt for history’s most notorious killer, it also enchants us with sophisticated and lyrical recreations of its unique period and strong characters. A daring achievement.”

About the Author

Born: October 2, 1975
Known for: Novelist
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