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“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Where you tend a rose my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”
― The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Juvenile Fiction, Classics, Family
― The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Juvenile Fiction, Classics, Family
“And on and on it went-that duet between the dumb, praying lady and the big, hollow man who was so full of loving echoes.”
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“Here is my final point. About drugs, about alcohol, about pornography and smoking and everything else. What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, say, think, who I fuck, what I take into my body - as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet?”
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“Talent is not rare. What’s rare is the devotion and stamina to keep writing, and the ability to build on the successes that your work already displays.”
― Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life
― Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life
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