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A man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

Truman Capote

It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something
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Believe Death Deep End God
And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Breathe Moments Rain
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
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Book Children Shoot Yourself
The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.
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Enemy Himself Leaving
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Blame Character Talk Writing
The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface.
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Advice Boundary Brain Heart Love Rise Surface Weight
Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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Greatness Growth Patience Time
A man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.
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Dreams Man Poison Store
They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities?
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Destroy Identity Mirror Reaasuarnce Romantic Secret Torture
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
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Born Law Learning Music Painting Perspective Writing Yourself
The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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Actor Better Himself Stupidity
Good writing is rewriting.
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Goodness One Liner Writing
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Confidence Yourself
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Quiet Reply Voice
Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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Imagination Key Open Terrorism Walk
It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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Choice Myself Natural Normal Ordinary

A man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

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