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People often ask me why my style is so simple. It is, in fact, deceptively simple, for no two sentences are alike. It is clarity that I am striving to attain, not simplicity. Of course, some people want literature to be difficult and there are writers who like to make their readers toil and sweat. They hope to be taken more seriously that way. I have always tried to achieve a prose that is easy and conversational. And those who think this is simple should try it for themselves. .Ruskin Bond
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Everyone says she’s mad.’‘ How do they know?’ I asked.‘ Because she’s different from other people, I suppose.’‘ Is that being mad?’‘ No. Not really, I suppose madness is not seeing things as others see them.Ruskin Bond