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A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author)

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Jul 11, 2011 12:21PM

“I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were stimulating more than one organ. An effective story grabs your gut, tightens your throat, makes your heart race and your lungs pump, brings tears to your eyes or an explosion of laughter to your lips.”
― Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

tags: heart, inspiration, laughter, senses, story, writing

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“Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.”
― James Joyce, Dubliners

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“To love someone means to see them as God intended them.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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“There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, so let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. ”
― Bob Dylan

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“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. ”
― T.S. Eliot

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