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Penelope Fitzgerald Quotes: On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.
         

On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.


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