Alison Lurie
1926 - 2020
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Biography
Alison Lurie (1926-2020) was an American novelist and academic. She was known for her insightful and witty explorations of academia, relationships, and women's lives in her novels. Lurie won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1985 for her novel 'Foreign Affairs,' which portrays the experience of two American academics in London. She was also a distinguished professor of literature at Cornell University, where she taught for many years.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books.
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Few stories are written in literature about good husbands who love their wives, who are unassuming, loyal, devoted, family-oriented, and have unselfish love for their children.
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Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.
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Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.
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It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Do not play with what is dangerous.