“A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.”
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“I was used to being invisible. People rarely saw me, and if they did, they never looked close. I wasn't shiny and charming like my brother, stunning and graceful like my mother, or smart and dynamic like my friends. That's the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.”
― Saint Anything
― Saint Anything
“The truth, a truth, and reality are not always the same.”
― Circle of Trust
― Circle of Trust
“Least said soonest mended, because less chance of breaking.”
― Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
― Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
“we read to experience the mediocre and the outright rotten; such experience helps us to recognize those things when they begin to creep into our own work, and to steer clear of them. We also read in order to measure ourselves against the good and the great, to get a sense of all that can be done. And we read in order to experience different styles.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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