“And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.”
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
“I know how it works, Esther. I graduated from Harvard." "Book-smart, but life-stupid," said Esther.”
― Bellagrand
― Bellagrand
“The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.”
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“He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
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