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Old 02-12-2017, 11:52 PM   #3453
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'Tell me! Tell me! Why is it so difficult to write simply -- and not only simply but sotto voce, if you know what I mean? That is how I long to write. No fine effects -- no bravura. But just the plain truth, as only a liar can tell it.'

Katherine Mansfield, in 'A Married Man's Story'.


I apologise if this should have gone in the Writing quotes thread. I'm not a writer, and felt uncomfortable putting it there.
Doesn't matter - I expect most of the writers read this thread too

And, I love the quote as a reader and a writer.
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