“First publication is a pure, carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life.”
Book:Herself
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Hortense Calisher
Hortense Calisher was an American writer renowned for her short stories and essays. Her work is celebrated for its profound emotion and complex narrative structures. She wrote across various literary genres, including magical realism and black humor. more
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“When anything gets freed, a zest goes round the world.”
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“How clerks love refusing. It salves them for being clerks.”
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“I don't suppose there's really any critic except posterity.”
“In a family, the same spoken lines come in over and over. Intimacy exhausts.”
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“I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.”
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“perhaps there's no sharper spur to meditation than answered prayer.”
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“Agony without genius was gaucherie.”
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