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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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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Based on quote from Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act II, scene v: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
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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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