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Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.

Maxwell Perkins

Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.

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About Maxwell Perkins

William Maxwell Evarts "Max" Perkins (September 20, 1884 – June 17, 1947) was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Thomas Wolfe.