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Penelope Lively

"There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history."

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"There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history."

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"History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat."

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"Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages."

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"Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are."
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"I'm now an agnostic but I grew up on the King James version, which I'm eternally grateful for."
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"I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation."
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