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“to grow old is to have taken away, one by one, all gifts of life, the food and wine, the music and the company. ... the gods unloose, one by one, the mortal fingers that cling to the edge of the table.”

Quote by Storm Jameson

Book:Three kingdoms

Work

This renowned work of historical fiction is set during the Three Kingdoms period of China's history, offering a vivid portrayal of political intrigue, military campaigns, and personal rivalries. The novel is renowned for its intricate plot, complex characters, and rich historical detail, providing a deep insight into the era's social and political dynamics. more

Author

Storm Jameson was an outstanding journalist, born on January 8, 1891, and passed away on September 30, 1986. Her career was marked by passion for the news industry and a deep concern for social issues. more

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Book:Parthian Words

Source: Parthian Words

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Author:Storm Jameson

“Is it really beyond our wits to devise some form of censorship which would trap only the crudely sadistic?”

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“To reject censorship after studying the risks involved is very well. To reject it ex cathedra, in the tones of Calvin pronouncing a dogma, eyes and mind closed to the possible consequences, the even marginally possible, is to make things too comfortable for oneself.”

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Book:Parthian Words

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“Lord, if there is a heartache Vienna cannot cure I hope never to feel it. I came home cured of everything except Vienna.”

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Book:Women against men

Source: Women against men

“a writer's first duty is to be clear. Clarity is an excellent virtue. Like all virtues it can be pursued at ruinous cost. Paid, so far as I am concerned, joyfully.”

Firsts Virtue Clear Duty Cost Concerned Paid Clarity Excellent Pursued

Book:Parthian Words

Source: Parthian Words

“An intelligent man or woman willing to make a career of reviewing fiction is hard to come by ... And the temporaries do the work cheaply. Moreover, continuity may be got at the expense of intellectual arthritis; a reviewer who has been at his grisly task for half a lifetime may stiffen into prejudices of every sort, and become too anchylosed to do better than turn his back to a new wave when it rushes down on him.”

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“The critic's hankering to be law-giver rather than servant of literature is irrepressible.”

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Book:Parthian Words

Source: Parthian Words

“Sadistic literature is not only inhumane. It is anti-human.”

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Book:Parthian Words

Source: Parthian Words

“What I do not know and cannot even hope to understand before I die is why human beings are willfully, coldly, matter-of-factly cruel to each other ... What nerve has atrophied in the torturer, or worse is sensually moved?”

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Author:Storm Jameson