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The wind is us– it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Truman Capote

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
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Book Breathe Goodness Hard Myself Thinking
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
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Blame Character Talk Writing
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
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Believe Funny Myself Scissor
The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he’ll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.
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Dangerous Friendship Funny Money Sleep World Yourself
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Quiet Reply Voice
Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
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Listening Secret Trouble
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Failure Flavor Inspirational Motivational Perspective Success
The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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Advice Brain Heart
Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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Age Children Difficult Luck Past Wisdom Yourself
If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there’s no point in it….for me, every act of the art of solving a mystery.
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Art Artist Myself Mystery
And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Breathe Moments Rain
I can see every monster as they come in.
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Monster Myself See
A boy has to peddle his book.
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Book Boy Education
You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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Heart Wild Yourself
I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going is my theory.
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Beginning Book End Myself Theory Writing

The wind is us– it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

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The wind is us– it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

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