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In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.
- Opportunity
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Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
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I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.
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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.
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In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
- Library
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With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.
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Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
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If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.
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Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.
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For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.
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What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
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What is a hero without love for mankind.
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There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.
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Pearls mean tears.
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