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“Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“escape is never further than the nearest book”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Listen. To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know. In perfect stillness, frankly, I've only found sorrow.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“All great and precious things are lonely.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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