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A poetic line with a familiar ring, straight from the gates of the inferno, but I had thought it might work well here, as a glowing opener. I have no other defense. Even if this one line spelled the downfall of my novel, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have the guts to cut it. I might even put it this way, for good measure: deleting that first line would mean erasing my entire life thus far.
— Sep 01, 2025 07:06AM
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Isis
is on page 63 of 96
“This novel was doomed from the start. All posture and no substance. Whether I write one page or a hun-dred, it amounts to the same thing. Though I knew this from the start. Call me optimistic. I assumed that in the course of writing, I would stumble upon some redeeming quality. I'm a hack, it's true. But who says that a hack job can't have some redeeming quality?”
— Sep 05, 2025 06:35AM
Isis
is on page 60 of 96
“What part of what you see here is carefree?
If only you could understand the sadness of the ones who grow the delicate flowers of buffoonery, protecting them from but the slightest gust of wind and always on the verge of despair!”
— Sep 05, 2025 06:34AM
If only you could understand the sadness of the ones who grow the delicate flowers of buffoonery, protecting them from but the slightest gust of wind and always on the verge of despair!”
Isis
is on page 58 of 96
“He was prepared to be unsatisfied by absolutely anything”
— Sep 05, 2025 06:28AM
Isis
is on page 37 of 96
“All manner of forces swarmed his heart. Haughtiness. Sloth. Flattery. Guile. Vice. Fatigue. Ferocity. Murder. Despair. Fragility. Deceit. Infection. He came this close to letting them spill out. But instead, he played the role of the heartsick man and groaned.”
— Sep 02, 2025 06:58AM
