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It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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