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There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to write clearly, no key that unlocks the door, no inflexible rules by which the young writer may steer his course. He will often find himself steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion.

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Thing that was very different for me is that an American child's reading is filled with Americans.

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Immigration, a lexicon. You're a 'migrant' when you're very poor; 'immigrant' when you're not so poor; and 'expat' when you're rich.

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Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present.

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In some ways, I think it's the closest that we come to the truth — is in the form of fiction.

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A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too.

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The universe had an odd sense of fairness; it took away things one did not want to give up, and then gave things one did not ask for.

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