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“It's always been difficult for me to speak and express my innermost thoughts. I prefer to write. When I sit down and write, words grow very docile, they come and feed out of my hand like little birds, and I can do almost what I want with them; whereas when I try to marshal them in open air, they fly away from me.”
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― Brodeck
“Just remember that Dumbo didn't need the feather; the magic was in him. ”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“I tell them that in Finland the first thing men coming back from the front wanted was sex; only after that did they take their skis off.”
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― Linnunaivot
“I learn things late–and only the hard way.”
― The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women: A Memoir
― The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women: A Memoir
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― The Dead of Jericho
― The Dead of Jericho
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