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V. S. Pritchett quotes

British Writer December 16, 1900 – March 20, 1997

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V. S. Pritchett quote: "The profoundly humorous writers are humorous because they are..."
The profoundly humorous writers are humorous because they are responsive to the hopeless, uncouth, concatenations of life. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not..."
Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony."
The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and..."
In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "on short stories: something glimpsed from the corner of the..."
on short stories: something glimpsed from the corner of the eye, in passing. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and..."
Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "It's all in the art. You get no credit for living."
It's all in the art. You get no credit for living. V. S. Pritchett
No Victorian novel approaches Middlemarch in its width of reference, its intellectual power, or the imperturbable spaciousness of its narrative... I doubt if any Victorian novelist has as much to teach the modern novelists as George Eliot. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the..."
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "Writing enlarges the landscape of the mind."
Writing enlarges the landscape of the mind. V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett quote: "The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where..."
The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive. V. S. Pritchett

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