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“There are writers who write for fame. And there are writers who write because we need to make sense of the world we live in; writing is a way to clarify, to interpret, to reinvent. We may want our work to be recognized, but that is not the reason we write. We do not write because we must; we always have a choice. We write because language is the way we keep a hold on life. With words we experience our deepest understandings of what it means to be intimate. We communicate to connect, to know community.”
― Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
― Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.”
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“Somewhere beyond right and wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there.”
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“I regret all of my books. It is one of the tragedies of life that one cannot have all the wisdom one is ever to possess in the beginning. Perhaps, it is just as well to be rash and foolish for a while. If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all. It might be better to ask yourself “Why?” afterwards than before. Anyway, the force from somewhere in Space which commands you to write in the first place, gives you no choice. You take up the pen when you are told, and write what is commanded. There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Dust Tracks on a Road
― Dust Tracks on a Road
Liz’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Liz’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
429 books
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22 friends
481 books
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75 friends
138 books
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32 friends
455 books
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17 friends
3 books
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22 friends
76 books
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10 friends
34 books
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40 friends
81 books
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11 friends
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