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“You are an Universe of Universes and your soul a source of songs.”
“Living is no laughing matter:You must take it seriously.So much so and to such a degreethat, for example, your hands tiedbehind your back,your back to the wallor else in a laboratoryin your white c...”
“At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write.”
“Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.”
“Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work - and realizing what opportunity is and what isn’t." — Lucil...”
“I believe the first draft of a book — even a long one — should take no more than three months…Any longer and — for me, at least — the story begins to take on an odd foreign feel, like a dispatch fr...”
“Love hurts.Think back over romance novels you’ve loved or the genre-defining books that drive our industry. The most unforgettable stories and characters spring from crushing opposition. What we re...”
“If you like fantasy and you want to be the next Tolkien, don’t read big Tolkienesque fantasies — Tolkien didn’t read big Tolkienesque fantasies, he read books on Finnish philology. Go and read outs...”
“Tomorrow will be better.”“But what if it’s not?” I asked.“Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better.”
“The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame”
“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter usfrom the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
“Pride is a funny thing it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.”
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.”
“Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough.”
“until the end of the world,all whys will be answered,but now,you can only ask!”
“Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter.”
“We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.”
“Do you have any advice for your readers?Lead the life that’s yours instead of faking someone else’s.”
“I'll be inside the one who holds you. And then I won't be.”
“Hello!" He said hello and then said, "What are you up to now?" "I'm still crazy. The rain feels good. I love to walk in it. "I don't think I'd like that," he said. "You might if you tried." "I neve...”
