The pursuit of greatness means that laziness has no place in your life.
PAT CONROYFaulkner didn’t know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it’s necessary
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It did not look like the work of God, but it might have represented the handicraft of a God with a joyous sense of humor, a dancing God who loved mischief as much as prayer, and playfulness as much as mischief.
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I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.
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The most powerful words in English are, ‘Tell me a story.’
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Faulkner didn’t know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it’s necessary
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Evil would always come to me disguised in systems and dignified by law.
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Like everything else, love’s not worth much without some action to back it up.
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Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration.
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Every woman I had ever met who walked through the world appraised and classified by an extraordinary physicality had also received the keys to an unbearable solitude. It was the coefficient of their beauty, the price they had to pay.
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Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your wounds you learn how to avoid getting wounded the next time.
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Red Hook Road made me happy, and happy to be alive. It took me out of my home on the coast of South Carolina, placed me in the town along Red hook Road, and changed me the way good books always do.
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Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.
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My soul grazes like a lamb on the beauty of an indrawn tide.
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From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited any readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.
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There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss.
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