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“When I hear a writer say that they ‘put in a call,’ I want to pull my hair out.”

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Janet Flanner was an American writer renowned for her profound insights into the life of Paris. Her work depicted the French society of the mid-20th century from a unique perspective, particularly famous for her column 'Letter from Paris' in The New Yorker. more

“It seems to me that on one page I recognized a portion of an old diary of mine which mysteriously disappeared shortly after my marriage, and, also, scraps of letters which, though considerably edited, sound to me vaguely familiar. In fact, Mr. Fitzgerald (I believe that is how he spells his name) seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.”

Believe Facts Home Seems Names I Believe Sound Mines Pages Letters Familiar Spells Portions Diaries Scrap Plagiarism Edited

Book:The Collected Writings

Source: The Collected Writings

“Why do we spend years using up our bodies to nurture our minds with experience and find our minds turning then to our exhausted bodies for solace?”

Years Mind Body Nurture Exhausted Solace

Book:Save Me the Waltz: A Novel

Source: Save Me the Waltz: A Novel

“Women sometimes seem to share a quiet, unalterable dogma of persecution that endows even the most sophisticated of them with the inarticulate poignancy of the peasant.”

Sometimes Seems Share Quiet Dogma Sophisticated Persecution Peasants Inarticulate Poignancy

Book:Save Me the Waltz: A Novel

Source: Save Me the Waltz: A Novel

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