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“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”
― The Agony and the Ecstasy
― The Agony and the Ecstasy
“Each has to enter the nest made by the other imperfect bird.”
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“You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to your reflexes - that means your [preparation:]. That's where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, well, you're going to get found out now, under the bright lights.”
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“Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you... This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.”
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“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair of the head of your vision, a shade of its colour, in deference to some Headmaster with a silver pot in his hand or to some professor with a measuring-rod up his sleeve, is the most abject treachery, and the sacrifice of wealth and chastity which used to be said to be the greatest of human disasters, a mere flea-bite in comparison.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
Colleen’s 2025 Year in Books
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