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The past is obdurate.

Stephen King

Alone. Yes, that’s the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn’t hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.
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Alone Candle Hell Poor Key Murder Tongue
Don’t give me what I ask for, give me what I need.
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Giving Inspirational Need
Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.
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Constant Discipline Dull Knife Meat Talent Tough Work
The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.
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Innocent Liar Tool Truth
Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.
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Heartache One Liner Recipe Want
The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.
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Fools Pen Reading Yourself
Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.
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Battery Book Carry Enjoyment Entertainment Life Money Perfection
The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them.
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Dimnish Important Shame Truth
A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.
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Book Library Live Wait
There is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.
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Couple Gain Love Perhaps Risk
Hurt’s a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don’t change facts.
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Break Up Change FAction Hurt Pain Reason World
It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.
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Break Up Emotional Hold Let Go Thorns
When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.
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Come Fiction Past Writing
If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time to write. Simple as that.
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Reading Time Writing
A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.
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Darkness Kiss Quick Story StrAngry Togetherness
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
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Book Magic One Liner Portable Unique

The past is obdurate.

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