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“The ways of the mind are ancient, but you are timeless”
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“Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long since gone, the AA meeting that saved their life. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it. Coffee was a lot like love that way. And because Rachel believed in love, she believed in coffee, too.”
Source : Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.150, Bantam
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“Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers”
Source : "Michael Morpurgo's top writing tips" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2012.
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“Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.”
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“For me, the main inspiration to write a story or novel is the voice of its central character, or the narrative voice of the story itself.”
Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 15)". Interview with Brandon Hobson, logger.believermag.com. September 10, 2013.
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“Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.”
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“The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.”
Source : "The Joy of Six: great Wimbledon finals" by Scott Murray, Paul Doyle, Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2013.
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“The older that we get and the different stages we go through in life, it seems like we become different people. But I think that the truth is you are always the same person. You just discover these new things about yourself.”
Source : "Actress Sara Rue talks 'Dorfman in Love,' 'Popular,' 'Malibu Country'". Interview with Joseph Airdo, www.axs.com. March 22, 2013.
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“Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.”
Source : Ralph Keyes (2003). “The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear”, p.252, Macmillan
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“Had I lived in Norman and those bands hadn't existed, who knows where I'd be, I might be doing something awful; I might be a doctor, or a physicist or something. Having those kinds of experiences at 12...the Chainsaw Kittens had a flamboyant homosexual lead singer, and the Flaming Lips were obviously very weird. I had only listened to the radio before that - things like Willie Nelson - so having people say, "These are the bands around here that you should listen to," I was like "Ok, I guess this is what normal music sounds like." That definitely changed things.”
Source : Source: pitchfork.com