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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

Diane Johnson

Born: April 28, 1934 (age 92)
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:
  1. The Shining (1980)
  2. The Divorce (2003)
  3. The Shining Forwards and Backwards (2011)

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