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V. S. Pritchett Quotes


A British writer and critic.
Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett CH CBE (16 December 1900 - 20 March 1997), was a British writer and critic. He was particularly known for his short stories, collected in a number of volumes. His most famous nonfiction works are the memoirs A Cab at the Door (1968) and Midnight Oil (1971), and his many collections of essays on literary biography and criticism.

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A natural New Yorker is a native of the present tense.
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Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.
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The State that cawing rookery of committees and subcommittees.
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The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2015, 09:12:22 PM »
Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2015, 09:12:50 PM »
The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.
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