5 Quotes & Sayings By Peter Gould

Peter Gould is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel The Thousand, which was named one of Esquire's best novels of all time. He is also the author of the international bestseller The Nightingale, which was named one of Time Magazine's top ten novels of 2007. Gould has written for The New Yorker, Harper's, The Times Literary Supplement, McSweeney's, and other publications. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children.

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Keep my word' is such a strange expression. At first glance, it just means 'Be true to what you agreed on. But it could also mean, 'Hold your words back.' Keep them in. Let your actions speak instead. Peter Gould
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Every spoken thought is just a symbol for something inside your brain. This word, out here, is like that thought in there. But it's never exact. So, looking at it another way, every word you say is a lie. Peter Gould
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Grief can be an incredible source of energy. For good. Peter Gould
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Have you ever been writing something when you just forgot where you were, and what time it was, and you kept diving down deeper into your Peter Gould