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They would never change because they’d been given their character too soon; which, like sudden riches, leads to a lack of proportion: the one had splurged herself into a top-heavy realist, the other a lopsided romantic.
“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“FEAR stands for fuck everything and run.”
― Doctor Sleep
― Doctor Sleep
“If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.”
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“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house."
[Notebook, Oct. 10, 1842]”
― The American Notebooks: The Centenary Edition
[Notebook, Oct. 10, 1842]”
― The American Notebooks: The Centenary Edition
“A sentence in Atlas Shrugged that is applicable to all rational people, but particularly to writers, is the one where I say that Dagny “regarded language as a tool of honor, always to be used as if one were under oath—an oath of allegiance to reality.” In regard to words, this should be the motto of every writer.”
― The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
― The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
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