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"2 Chapters and I still haven't grown any interest for any of the characters. Shallow is a nice word to describe it so far. Reading because of a friend anyway and I think it'll get better, eventually." — Jun 09, 2021 12:46PM
"2 Chapters and I still haven't grown any interest for any of the characters. Shallow is a nice word to describe it so far. Reading because of a friend anyway and I think it'll get better, eventually." — Jun 09, 2021 12:46PM
“If you don't like the hand that fate's dealt you, fight for a new one.”
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“Imagine two black holes that lived a long life together. At the end of their lives they are going around each other, crossing a thousand of kilometeres in a fraction of a second. As they do so they leave behind in their wake a ringing of space, an actual wave on space-time. Space squeezes and streches as it emanates out from these black holes banging on the universe.Those are the gravitational waves and are literally the sounds of space ringing and they will travel out from these black holes at the speed of light as they ring down and coalesce into one, spinning, quiet, black hole.
If you were standing near enough, your ear would resonate with squeezing and streching of space, you would literally hear the sound.
- The sound the universe makes | Ted”
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If you were standing near enough, your ear would resonate with squeezing and streching of space, you would literally hear the sound.
- The sound the universe makes | Ted”
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“Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.”
― Wonders of the Universe
― Wonders of the Universe
“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.”
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“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing
1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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