I think you'll find ordinary people are nicer than you give… - Richard Yates

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I think you'll find ordinary people are nicer than you give them credit for being

Richard Yates

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Richard Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer. His first novel, "Revolutionary Road" (1961), was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award and is listed in Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels.

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Of course. And isn't that the worst kind of loss? When you don't even realise the value of something until you've thrown it away?

Revolutionary Road, no matter how accessible on the surface, rewards a lifetime of rereading and reflection.

Life goes wrong for the Grimes sisters [...] because "they can't help being the people they are" —Yates's explicit vision of tragedy.

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