John P. Marquand quotes

I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments. (John P. Marquand)
His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son. View quote
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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry. View quote
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There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct proportion with the years. View quote
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When I'm writing a novel, I'm dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I live in the past with my characters. It is this that makes a novelist so eccentric and unpleasant. View quote
John P. Marquand

John P. Marquand

Occupation: American Novelist
Born: November 10, 1893
Died: July 16, 1960
Quotes count: 5