“The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before; and too damned much after. Let those who want to save the world if you can get to see it clear and as a whole. Then any part you make will represent the whole if it's made truly. The thing to do is work and learn to make it.”
― Death in the Afternoon
― Death in the Afternoon
“... and it occurred to me then, just as it does now, that the greatest lie that age tells about youth is that it’s somehow free of care, worry or fear.”
― Sweet Sorrow
― Sweet Sorrow
“Remember to get the weather in your god damned book—weather is very important.”
― Ernest Hemingway on Writing
― Ernest Hemingway on Writing
“You look at the picture without prejudice,read book with open heart,like yours,but the life, you simply live”
― Across the River and into the Trees
― Across the River and into the Trees
“With so many trees in the city, you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. [...] Part of you died each year when leaves fell from the tress and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen.”
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Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
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