Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who a…

George Orwell
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Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened. ✨ George Orwell, Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus (1968). The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell: An age like this, 1920-1940, Harvill Secker
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