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“A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones. ”
― Summer Island
― Summer Island
“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can remember the first book he/she put down thinking: I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this! What could be more encouraging to the struggling writer than to realize his/her work is unquestionably better than that of someone who actually got paid for his/her stuff?”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“To write is human, to edit is divine.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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