It was like any relationship, he felt—it took constant pruning, and dedication, and vigilance, and if neither party wanted to make the effort, why wouldn’t it wither?
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.”
― The Rescue
― The Rescue
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