The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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