“Now she has someone who believes in her, trusts her, fights for her, as she is. So she will be what she is.”
― The Obelisk Gate
― The Obelisk Gate
“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”
― The Alloy of Law
― The Alloy of Law
“The world’s soft the way the ocean is. Ask any sailor what I mean. But even when it is at its most violent, Hadrian . . . focus on the beauty of it. The ugliness of the world will come at you from all sides. There’s no avoiding it. All the schooling in the universe won’t stop that.”
― Empire of Silence
― Empire of Silence
“The key to good description begins with clear seeing and ends with clear writing, the kind of writing that employs fresh images and simple vocabulary.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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