The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
JOHN STEINBECKIt’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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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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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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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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