"Writing a biography is not a love affair. It’s not a marriage. It’s a job, it’s a piece of work."
"Some cynical biographer said to me, Make sure it's a good death. Make sure you're not picking someone who just declined."
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Source: History of the Conquest of Mexico: With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, Vol. 2. Book by William Hickling Prescott, J.B. Lippincott - Company, p. 346, 1877.
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