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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
Erma BombeckTags: humor society civilization
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
G.K. ChestertonThere are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.
William Makepeace ThackerayTags: writing ideas awareness thoughts
It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.
Lemony SnicketTags: death
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Samuel JohnsonTags: reading books writing conversation erudition
The wastepaper basket is the writer’s best friend.
Isaac Bashevis SingerA story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.
Flannery O'ConnorSay all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.
John RuskinTags: literature
But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in that which he seeks for his enjoyment.
Ayn RandTags: hank-reardon
But there are times in this harum-scarum world when figuring out the right thing to do is quite simple, but doing the right thing is simply impossible....
Lemony SnicketTags: integrity
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