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“The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.”
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“Oh, I may be on the side of the angels, but don't for one second think that I am one of them”
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“People are not rain or snow or autumn leaves; they do not look beautiful when they fall.”
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“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself... Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And
outlive the bastards.”
― A Civil Campaign
outlive the bastards.”
― A Civil Campaign
Classics and the Western Canon
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