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“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
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From our community writers
Forgiveness comes after understanding & understanding comes after acceptance.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Time is precious. So are the people in your life. So love and be loved. Because tomorrow is never promised.
Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman There is magic in the minuscule.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie Books, the children of the brain.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but must be content to wait for the discovery of its beauty, and symmetry, little by little, as it graduallly comes to be more and more unfolded, or displayed.
Robert BoyleRobert Boyle Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
Jack LondonJack London We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding