"I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium."
"My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history."
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Source: Lynda Field (2011). “Weekend Life Coach: How to get the life you want in 48 hours”, p.43, Random House
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