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The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them.
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Statuettes of drunken sailors, velvet pictures of island maidens, plastic seashell lamps made in Taiwan. What contempt the people who think up souvenirs have for other people.
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Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow.
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Is this not in fact the purpose of young Americans going abroad? To make them think of things they never thought of?
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Diane Johnson
Born:
April 28, 1934
(age 90)
Bio:
Diane Johnson is an American novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living abroad in contemporary France. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988.
Known for:
The Shining (1980)
The Divorce (2003)
The Shining Forwards and Backwards (2011)
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