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Slowly, and badly, I was learning that you could put stuff in poems which were ordinary. Parks. Trees. Bowling greens. Stuff no one else was looking at, places no one else went but which were now special because just one person had stopped
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“Gurathin turned to me. "So you don't have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you."
I looked at him. "Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.”
― All Systems Red
I looked at him. "Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.”
― All Systems Red
“I know now that I will become weaker at what I avoid, that what I run towards will strengthen in me. I know to listen to my body, but not so much that I convince myself I can’t do things or that I can’t push myself.”
― Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
― Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
“Please, Mogget,” whispered Lirael, too soft to be heard by anyone at all. But the white shape did hear. It stopped and turned inwards, to face Orannis, changing from a pillar of fire to a more human shape, but one with skin as bright as a burning star. “I am Yrael,” it said, casting a hand out to throw a line of silver fire into the breaking spell-ring, its voice crackling with force. “I also stand against you.”
― Abhorsen
― Abhorsen
“I was having an emotion, and I hate that.”
― Exit Strategy
― Exit Strategy
“A PhD student approached me after a writing workshop to recount his tale of woe. “I write these messy, incoherent first drafts,” he lamented. “They’re absolutely awful! Then I have to work on them for hours and hours to bash them into shape. It’s such a frustrating process, and so discouraging. My PhD adviser is a really good writer; she makes it all look so easy. I wish I were more like her.” I didn’t get a chance to interview the student’s supervisor; but if I had, I can guess what she might have told me. Probably something like this: “I write these messy, incoherent first drafts—they’re absolutely awful! Then I have to work on them for hours and hours to bash them into shape. Writing can be a hard and frustrating process, but for the most part, I really enjoy the challenge of honing and polishing my sentences until I get them just right.” Same story, different spin.”
― Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
― Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
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