“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?”
Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence
Source: The Age of Innocence
“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep – it can't be done abruptly.”
Colm Tóibín, novelist – portrait of the artist http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/19/colm-toibin-novelist-portrait-artist, The Guardian (19 February 2013)
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