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“But people can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
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“Every day of your life feels like you’re climbing up the mountain. And then you get there and you stay for a bit. And it’s nice at the top. But then you start sliding down the other side.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“If publishing is rigged, you might as well make sure it’s rigged in your favor.”
― Yellowface
― Yellowface
“But the truth is, praise is just like an addiction. The more you get it, the more of it you need just to stay even.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much.”
― Yellowface
― Yellowface
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