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Elizabeth Hardwick, an influential American critic, essayist, and novelist, was a master of precision and insight in her writing. Her works, such as Seduction and Betrayal, remain revered for their intellectual rigor and deep understanding of human relationships. A key figure in the New York intellectual scene, Hardwick's work transcends genres, and her sharp commentary on society, culture, and the personal experience continues to inspire readers and writers alike to engage with the world critically and thoughtfully.
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"The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy."

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"The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination."

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"Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous."

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"Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid."

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"Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more."

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