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Quote by Eleanor Catton

“What’s the likelihood? That the one girl who makes my heart race is the one girl who wants me in return? That the accident of my attraction coincides with the accident of hers?”

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Eleanor Catton

Eleanor Catton is a New Zealand author born on September 24, 1985, in Wellington. She gained international recognition when her second novel "The Luminaries" won the Man Booker Prize in 2013, making her one of the youngest winners in the prize's history at age 28. Known for her intricate narrative structures and historical settings, Catton's writing combines mystery, history, and literary experimentation, establishing her as one of contemporary literature's most innovative voices. more

“I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel," she says. "In my experience, and that of a lot of other women writers, all of the questions coming at them from interviewers tend to be about how lucky they are to be where they are – about luck and identity and how the idea struck them. The interviews much more seldom engage with the woman as a serious thinker, a philosopher, as a person with preoccupations that are going to sustain them for their lifetime.”

Thinking Feels Persons Ideas Identity Serious Lucky Luck Lifetime Males Philosopher Interviews Thinker Preoccupation Interviewers

Author:Eleanor Catton

“The number of rooms in a fictional house should be inversely proportional to the years during which the couple living in that house enjoyed true happiness.”

Should Years House Rooms Numbers Couple Enjoyed True Happiness

Author:George Saunders

“The traveller must, of course, always be cautious of the overly broad generalisation. But I am an American, and a paucity of data does not stop me from making sweeping, vague, conceptual statements and, if necessary, following these statements up with troops.”

Ifs Doe Courses Following Statements Data Broads Troops Vague Cautious Traveller Sweeping Be Cautious Generalisation

Author:George Saunders

“I think that fiction has a part to play in urging us, as a species, toward compassion.”

Thinking Play Fiction Compassion Species

Author:George Saunders