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V. S. Pritchett

Read through the most famous quotes from V. S. Pritchett




How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.


— V. S. Pritchett


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In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.


— V. S. Pritchett


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Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.


— V. S. Pritchett


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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.


— V. S. Pritchett


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The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.


— V. S. Pritchett


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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.


— V. S. Pritchett


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About V. S. Pritchett






Did you know about V. S. Pritchett?

He was particularly known for his short stories collected in a number of volumes. Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett CH CBE (16 December 1900 – 20 March 1997) was a British writer and critic. His most famous nonfiction works are the memoirs A Cab at the Door (1968) and Midnight Oil (1971) and his many collections of essays on literary biography and criticism.

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