She said that her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tel us who we are and what we think and what we do.

Elizabeth Strout
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A writer of fiction is someone who writes novels and stories. This quote from Ernest Hemingway is a tribute to the value of the written word and of literature. He seems to be saying that words can do more than entertain us; they can teach us about ourselves and about the world around us.

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