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“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
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“...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment...
That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.”
― I Capture the Castle
That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.”
― I Capture the Castle
“(W)hat I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired. It's mainly a matter of forcing yourself to write.”
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“Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!”
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“I like to think of what happens to characters in good novels and stories as knots--things keep knotting up. And by the end of the story--readers see an unknotting of sorts. Not what you expect, not the easy answers you get on TV, not wash and wear philosophies, but a reproduction of believable, emotional experiences.”
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— last activity Aug 20, 2015 10:03AM
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