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Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.

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I started writing serious books so late because I knew Id be accused of riding on my fathers coattails.

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The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

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For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is akin to asking one to recall their three favorite sunsets.

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My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman.

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My father believed, like Pericles, that a mans genius could be easily judged by the number of unenlightened fools set in phalanx against his ideas.

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Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.

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