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It is books, poems and paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge. Oscar Wilde referred to this phenomenon when he quipped that there was no
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“It is 'where we are' that should make all the difference, whether we believe we belong there or not.”
― On Such a Full Sea
― On Such a Full Sea
“If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die.”
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“The only obsession everyone wants: 'love.' People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you're whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You're whole, and then you're cracked open. ”
― The Dying Animal
― The Dying Animal
“I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop.”
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“My novels take much longer to write than they should, partly because I find I cannot decide on the best POV to use until I have written the novel. Only after I know the whole story am I able to work out how best to tell it. And that in turn changes the story. It is a long and laborious process and I haven’t found a short cut.”
― Novel Writing: A Writers' and Artists' Companion
― Novel Writing: A Writers' and Artists' Companion
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