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“The banal advice of writ in teachers is "write what you know," but the truth is, you don't know a place until you write it. "Write what you want to know" is more like it.”
― The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading
― The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― P.S. I Love You
― P.S. I Love You
“Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying.”
― Against a Dark Background
― Against a Dark Background
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
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