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Criticism changes with the fashion of the time. A story is always a story.
V. S. Pritchett
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V. S. Pritchett
Age: 96 †
Born: 1900
Born: December 16
Died: 1997
Died: March 20
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Ipswich (parish)
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I am under the spell of language, which has ruled me since I was 10.
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The makers of the short story have rarely been good novelists.
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There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.
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It's all in the art. You get no credit for living.
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