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“ If the book’s bad enough, they’ll publish it, and if it’s bad bad enough, the daily reviewers will love it, and it’ll sell. ”

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All you need do, Bernie,”she gulped her toast soaked in coffee, “is present the truth as fiction.

~ James Purdy

Never deprecate another person's sufferings even when imaginary.

~ James Purdy

But failure has kept Curt at home like a nice warm dachshund.

~ James Purdy

Nobody can cause another man evil unless the second party involved allows him to.

~ James Purdy