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A writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.

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I am sure that the business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.

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If we examine a great novel which attains and keeps a measure of fame, we are aware of the flavor of the writer's personality in that work, as a peach tastes like a peach, caviar like caviar, and onion like an onion.

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The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.

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Ethel Wilson

Ethel Wilson

Born: January 20, 1888
Died: December 22, 1980 (aged 92)
Bio: Ethel Davis Wilson was a Canadian writer of short stories and novels.
Known for:
  1. Swamp Angel (1962)
  2. Hetty Dorval (1947)
  3. The Innocent Traveller (1949)
  4. Love and salt water (1956)
  5. The Equations of Love (1952)

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