“You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner. Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare”
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“The world [...] an endless battle of contrasting memories.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start - the way a map that shows to much can sometimes be useless. Now, though I realize that all I can place in the imperfect vessel of writing are imperfect memories and imperfect thoughts.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Overhead, the two moons worked together to bathe the world in a strange light.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“… it wasn’t pretend, I wasn’t in a fairytale or a fable. I shut my eyes and absorbed the silent whoomp that always accompanies this revelation. It’s the sound of the real world, gigantic and impossible, replacing the smaller version of reality that I wear like a bonnet, clutched tightly under my chin.”
― It Chooses You
― It Chooses You
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