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“Ich freue mich heute noch, dass es mir gelungen ist, den heutigen Tag noch zu erleben.”
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“It may be the character of his mind, to be always in singular need of occupation. That may be, in part, natural to it; in part, the result of affliction. The less it was occupied with healthy things, the more it would be in danger of turning in the unhealthy direction. He may have observed himself, and made the discovery.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“Heute ist die gute, alte Zeit von morgen.”
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“The more you care, the more you fear.”
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“Toni Morrison said, "The function of freedom is to free someone else," and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage to a person or a way of life, tell your story. Risk freeing someone else. Not everyone will be glad that you did. Members of your family and other critics may wish you had kept your secrets. Oh, well, what are you going to do? Get it all down. Let it pour out of you and onto the page. Write an incredibly shitty, self-indulgent, whiny, mewling first draft. Then take out as many of the excesses as you can.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
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A group to recommend new writers and to talk about Goethe, Schiller, Kant, Maria Remarque, Hermann Hesse and so on.
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