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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.”
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“I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth. ”
― Metamorphoses
― Metamorphoses
“Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger.”
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Cornelia’s 2025 Year in Books
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