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Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

Anatole Broyard

Anatole Broyard

American Critic

Born: Jul 16, 1920

Died: Oct 11, 1990

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Teeth, Bad, Reader, Stick, Aphorism, Novels

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