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Quote by John Mason Brown

“The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.”

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John Mason Brown, an American author, was born on July 3, 1900, and passed away on March 16, 1969. His works are known for their profound psychological insights and vivid portrayals of Southern American life. more

“You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.”

People Writing Years Children Use Speak Language Six Highest Appeals Implications Textbooks Jargon Six Year Olds

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

“Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not the past but the present.”

Ends Past Lines Wonder Novel Magic Treats Jane Austen

Author:Leslie Fiedler

“A cultivated style would be like a mask. Everybody knows it's a mask, and sooner or later you must show yourself -- or at least, you show yourself as someone who could not afford to show himself, and so created something to hide behind. You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.”

Knows Shows Would Be Behinds Style Mask Sooner Or Later Behind You

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

“In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones.”

World Children Reality Mother Father Delinquents Fatherless Bad Mother

Author:Louis de Bernieres

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