Matthew Pearl
Biography
Quotes
- Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?
- 'Pity without rigor would be cowardly egotism, mere sentimentality.'
- Longfellow smiled. "A great part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, my dear Lowell, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
