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The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.

Donna Tartt (author of The Secret History and The Little Friend)

(Source: fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment, via bookrageous)

Posted on: July 4, 2012 with 661 notes
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