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    Colm Tóibín quote. Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep – it can't be done abruptly.

    Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep – it can't be done abruptly."[Colm Tóibín, Novelist – Portrait of the Artist, The Guardian, 19 February 2013]

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    Colm Tóibín quote. He had grown fat on solitude, he thought, and had learned to expect nothing from the day but at best a dull contentment. Sometimes the dullness came to the fore with a strange and insistent ache which he would entertain briefly, but learn to keep at bay. Mostly, however, it was the contentment he entertained; the slow ease and the silence could, once night had fallen, fill him with a happiness that nothing, no society nor the company of any individual, no glamour or glitter, could equal

    He had grown fat on solitude, he thought, and had learned to expect nothing from the day but at best a dull contentment. Sometimes the dullness came to the fore with a strange and insistent ache which he would entertain briefly, but learn to keep at bay. Mostly, however, it was the contentment he entertained; the slow ease and the silence could, once night had fallen, fill him with a happiness that nothing, no society nor the company of any individual, no glamour or glitter, could equal

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    Colm Tóibín quote. She noticed then that Conor was watching her.'Are you going for a swim?' he asked her.'In a while. Why don't you go down and check if it's warm enough?''And if it's not warm enough?''We'll still go in. But at least we'll know

    She noticed then that Conor was watching her.'Are you going for a swim?' he asked her.'In a while. Why don't you go down and check if it's warm enough?''And if it's not warm enough?''We'll still go in. But at least we'll know

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    Colm Tóibín quote. Q: What's the biggest myth about writing?A: That there's any wildness attached to it. Writing tends to be very deliberate.

    Q: What's the biggest myth about writing?A: That there's any wildness attached to it. Writing tends to be very deliberate."[Colm Tóibín, novelist – portrait of the artist (The Guardian, 19 February 2013)

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