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“When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.”
― Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
― Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
“When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my friend because I am the friend of happiness. When these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and government. Independence is my happiness, the world is my country and my religion is to do good.”
― Rights of Man
― Rights of Man
“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
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Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
―
“If people reach perfection they vanish, you know.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
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