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    Stephen King
    “Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.”
    ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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    Stephen King
    “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: reading, writing
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    D.A. Henneman
    “He understood her affinity to the water, inspiring as it was beautiful, and soothing to the soul. Standing there that morning, he realized he would never be able to look at the ocean again without thinking of her, and somehow he was still comforted by that thought.”
    ― D.A. Henneman, Sea of Dreams
    tags: elements, elements-of-power, fantasy-romance, magic, magick, power-of-four, romance, romance-novels, sea-of-dreams, water
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    D.A. Henneman
    “I like to believe magic is all around us, finding its way into everyday life one miracle at a time.”
    ― D.A. Henneman, Sea of Dreams
    tags: elements, elements-of-power, inspirational, magic, magick, romance
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    D.A. Henneman
    “If only they could live in the twilight of their dreams, in the tiny moment before the harsh light of reality found them, perhaps they could be happy.”
    ― D.A. Henneman, Sea of Dreams
    tags: dream-quotes, dreams, elements, elements-of-powers, fantasy-romance, love, magic, magick, romance, romance-novels, water
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    D.A. Henneman
    “She pointed a long lacquered nail at the pocket where his hand was fidgeting.
    “So is that an Obsidian in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”
    ― D.A. Henneman, Sea of Dreams
    tags: fantasy, paranormal, romance
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    Madelyn March
    “She remembered the expression “watch how a man treats his mom and you know how he’ll treat you” and now she knew why.”
    ― Madelyn March, The Nature of Denial
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    Diana Nyad
    “I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don’t give up.”
    ― Diana Nyad
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: adventuring, death, time
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
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    I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn
    “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe
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    Stephen King
    “Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
    ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    tags: books, magic, reading
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    Anton Chekhov
    “Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
    ― Anton Chekhov
    tags: broken-glass, glass, moon, moonshine, show-don-t-tell, writing
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    Jane Austen
    “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: love, romance
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    Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
    “If you love her, set her free. If she comes back, she’s yours. If she doesn’t…Christ! Stubborn woman! Hunt her down, and bring her the hell back; she’s still yours according to vampire law.”


    - Niccolo DiConti, General of the Vampire Queen’s Army.”
    ― Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Accidentally Married to...a Vampire?
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    William Goldman
    “When I was your age, television was called books.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: book, fantasy, humour
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    “I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.”
    ― Whoopi Goldberg
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    Elmore Leonard
    “My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.”
    ― Elmore Leonard, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
    tags: creative-process, focus, writing
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    Mark Twain
    “Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, writing
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: good, writing
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    Isaac Asimov
    “If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: humor, writing
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    “Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
    ― Nathaniel Hawthorne
    tags: on-writing, reading, writing
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    Pablo Picasso
    “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
    ― Pablo Picasso
    tags: art, creativity, motivational, picasso, rules, writing
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    “When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time. ”
    ― Lady Gaga
    tags: art, craft, creativity, music, writing
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    Stephen King
    “When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: one stone at a time, man. That's all. One stone at a time. But I've read you can see that motherfucker from space without a telescope.”
    ― Stephen King
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: writing
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