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“In the good mystery there is nothing wasted, no sentence, no word that is not significant.”

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The New York Trilogy is a critically acclaimed series of three interconnected novellas that delve into the complexities of human nature and the urban landscape. The stories are known for their intricate plots, philosophical musings, and the way they blur the lines between fiction and reality. more

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Paul Auster

Paul Auster is an American author known for his unique narrative style and philosophical reflections. His works often explore themes of identity, memory, and reality, and have won him a wide audience. more

“I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number has a personality of its own. A twelve is very different from a thirteen, for example. Twelve is upright, conscientious, intelligent, whereas thirteen is a loner, a shady character who won't think twice about breaking the law to get what he wants. Eleven is tough, an outdoorsman who likes tramping through woods and scaling mountains; ten is rather simpleminded, a bland figure who always does what he's told; nine is deep and mystical, a Buddha of contemplation.”

“Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.”

World Lying Fiction Novel Novelists Telling The Truth

Author:Paul Auster

“Our lives don't really belong to us, you see -- they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of it, the world is a place beyond our understanding.”

World Understanding Effort Our Lives Make Sense Spite

Book:Conversations with Paul Auster

Source: Conversations with Paul Auster

“There is no such thing as static happiness. Happiness is a mixed thing, a thing compounded of sacrifices, and losses, and betrayals.”

Loss Sacrifice Betrayal Static

Author:John Updike

“That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds.”

Ifs Real Ends Heaven Marriage Succeed Ideals All Things Temporality

Book:Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism

Source: Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism

“Fiction is nothing less than the subtlest instrument for self-examination and self-display that Mankind has invented yet.”

Self Fiction Mankind Instruments Display Examination Self-examination

Book:Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism

Source: Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism

“In all the green world nothing feels as good as a woman's good nature.”

World Feels Green Good Nature Green World

Book:Rabbit, Run

Source: Rabbit, Run

“The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't; whichever seems likelier to win an effect.”

Believe Seems Winning History Effects Difficulty Humorists

Author:John Updike

“Saying that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic worth, is like saying that he had rheumatism or suffered from diabetes. Madness, in fact, is a medical term that can claim no more notice from the objective critic than he grants the charge of heresy raised by the theologian, or the charge of immorality raised by the police.”

Facts Term Genius Claims Madness Police Mad Raised Critics Medical Objectives Artistic Grants Recognizing Theologian Heresy Diabetes Immorality

Book:The Complete Works of James Joyce: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poetry, Essays & Letters: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan’s Wake, Dubliners, The Cat and the Devil, Exiles, Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, Stephen Hero, Giacomo Joyce, Critical Writings & more

Source: The Complete Works of James Joyce: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poetry, Essays & Letters: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan’s Wake, Dubliners, The Cat and the Devil, Exiles, Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, Stephen Hero, Giacomo Joyce, Critical Writings & more

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