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"My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean. Aren't you?" — Mar 19, 2026 10:52PM
"My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean. Aren't you?" — Mar 19, 2026 10:52PM
“You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.”
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“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
― The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process
― The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process
“The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.”
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“I have no mission. No one has.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
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