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Book cover for Beyond the Moonlit Sea
With a friendly, open smile, he said, “I’m not here to tell you how to live your life, Melanie. Only to help you reflect on where you are and why. And hopefully, that will help you to make good decisions moving forward.”
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“Damn it, my language is most controlled, madam,” said Captain Gregg stiffly, “and as for my morals, I can assure you that no woman has ever been the worse in body or pocket for knowing me, and I’d like to know how many mealy-mouthed psalm-singers can say the same. I’ve lived a man’s life and I’m not ashamed of it, but I’ve always tried to tell the truth and shame the devil.”
R.A. Dick, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

John Gardner
“No one with a distorted view of reality can write good novels, because as we read we measure fictional worlds against the real world. Fiction elaborated out of attitudes we find childish or tiresome in life very soon becomes tiresome.”
John Gardner, John Gardner on Writing: On Becoming a Novelist, On Writers & Writing, and On Moral Fiction

Sara Goodman Confino
“Always say yes to new things,” Ada said. “It’s the only way you’ll be able to write about life—if you actually go out and live it.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Don’t Forget to Write

Sara Goodman Confino
“We all have to make our own mistakes and learn some things the hard way.”
Sara Goodman Confino, Don’t Forget to Write

“she covered her ears with her hands, for fear that old custom of obeying other people’s plans for her should prevail yet again.”
R.A. Dick, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

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