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About George Saunders
American writer
George Saunders is an American writer best known for his short stories and his 2017 novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize. His fiction has appeared in several collections, including CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Tenth of December: Stories. He is associated with short-form prose and with a style that moves between satire, tenderness, and speculation.
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More Regret quotes
- “Sincere regret may be a faculty for paying attention to the future, for sensing a new tide where we missed a…”David Whyte
- “We have to stop anyway. I don't want you to regret this later. And I don't want your head to explode.""Really…”Ilona Andrews
- “No, it was not regret which made Anne's heart beat in spite of herself, and brought the colour into her cheek…”Jane Austen
Failure: more sayings
- “Victory is not possible, if one doesn't learn from the past and mistakes made.”Auliq Ice
- “I get asked, 'How can you have such failures in your films?' Well, what else is life about? There's some sens…”Alexander Payne
- “I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had…”Ali Larter
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Books by George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo
2017
Tenth of December
2013
Pastoralia
2000
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
1996
Fox 8
2013