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Most mammals emerge from the womb like glazed earthenware emerging from a kiln – any attempt at remoulding will only scratch or break them. Humans emerge from the womb like molten glass from a furnace. They can be spun, stretched and shaped
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“The indirect boast; for you are really proud of your defects in writing, because you consider them as proceeding from a rapidity of thought and carelessness of execution, which, if not estimable, you think at least highly interesting. The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Jennifer Belanger knew how to dress for a party. She was an athlete—soccer, track, tennis, you name it—so the miniskirt was her weapon of choice. Another inch off that hem and she could have kissed the PG-13 rating good-bye.”
― Jake, Reinvented
― Jake, Reinvented
“The water hears and understands. The ice does not forgive.”
― Six of Crows
― Six of Crows
“A novel is a piece of amber, one that coagulates both the 'real' past and the 'made-up' ideals. It is something that can be visited again and again in its unparalleled beauty.”
― Taiwan Travelogue
― Taiwan Travelogue
“You bitch,' he said. 'You rich bitch. That's poetry. I'm full of poetry now. Rot and poetry. Rotten poetry.”
― The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
― The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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