John P. Marquand quotes

John P. Marquand quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son.”
-- John P. Marquand

Source : JOHN P. MARQUAND (1963). “THE LATE GEORGE APLEY”

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“I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.”
-- John P. Marquand

#Inspirational Quotes #Broke Quotes #Ten Commandments Quotes
“If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and then be put in a gas chamber.”
-- John P. Marquand

#Strong Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes
“In the mornings when they were in the city, they had breakfast on a card table in Jeffrey's study”
-- John P. Marquand

Source : John P. Marquand (2015). “So Little Time: A Novel”, p.7, Open Road Media

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“I hope that I am as broadminded as others, and you have always seen a decanter of wine on the table.”
-- John P. Marquand

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