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4391 Novelist Quotes

But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain

Easy To do Without God Strain
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I love his dear eyes in which the vulnerability and beauty of his soul can be plainly read.

I love Dear eyes Vulnerability Beauty
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My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?

My heart Hurt Believe Keep beating
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We all have to start somewhere if us want to do better, an d out of self is what us have to hand

Have Start somewhere Do better Hand
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If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

Art Make us Better What
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If you lie to yourself about your own pain, you will be killed by those who will claim you enjoyed it.

You lie Own pain Be killed Will claims
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Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

Writing poems Celebrating The world Committed suicide
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But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.

Now how Fight Stay alive
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Why any woman give a shit what people think is a mystery to me.

Any woman What people Think Mystery
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You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.

So clear You are So certain Just right
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A burnt finger remember the fire.

Burnt finger Remember The fire
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Too much respect for people who are not respectful to you is a sure sign of insecurity.

Too much Respect For people Sure sign
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Women have to summon courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

Women Summon courage Fulfill Dormant dreams
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There's a rule, I think. You get what you want in life, but not your second choice too.

Rule Think Life Second
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As I walked by myself And talked to myself, Myself said unto me, Look to thyself, Take care of thyself, For nobody cares for thee.

Walked Myself Thyself Care
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As we leave the tribal culture of childhood behind, we lose contact with instinctive joy in self-expression: with the creative imagination, spontaneous emotion, and the ability to see the world as full of wonders.

Childhood Joy World Wonders
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Sticks and stones may break my bones; But names will never hurt me When I die, then you'll cry for the names you called me.

Sticks Stones Names Cry
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We say something every morning when we decide how to dress.

We Say Morning Decide
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In a sense much great literature is subversive, since its very existence implies that what matters is art, imagination, and truth. In what we call the real world, on the other hand, what usually counts is money, power, and public success.

Sense Art Imagination Truth
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We can lie in the language of dress or try ot tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.

Lie Langauge Dress Truth
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Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world

Fashion Speech Privileges Pleasures
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...you can't write well with only the nice parts of your character, and only about nice things. And I don't want even to try anymore. I want to use everything, including hate and envy and lust and fear.

Write Character Hate Fear
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Real literature, like travel, is always a surprise.

Real Litrature Travel Surprise
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Other wars end eventually in victory, defeat or exhaustion, but the war between men and women goes on forever.

Wars Victory Defeat Men
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With a pencil and paper, I could revise the world.

Pencil Paper Revise World
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If nothing will finally survive of life besides what artists report of it, we have no right to report what we know to be lies.

Survive Life Artist Report
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There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.

Odor Explosives Smoke War
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Books may well be the only true magic.

Books May well True magic
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The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.

The moon Always jealous Heat The day
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When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always

I walk With you Where I go
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Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you've had a chance to reconsider, or even to think.

Trouble Like love It comes Unannounced
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When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

The weather Love Two elements Can never
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Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

Pride Funny thing Truly worthless Appear
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The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

The weak Are cruel The strong No need
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You can be betrayed in your sleep. The whole world can tilt while you're dreaming of butterflies.

Be betrayed Your sleep Whole world Dreaming
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Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

Every problem Solution The outcome Originally
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Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.

About luck It's good Bad Some perspective
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Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.

Riddle Love Everything It gives
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Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.

Knows One thing For certain Never judge
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I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for

I dream A love Even time Lie down
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Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow.

Sometimes words Drew blood They cut Your tongue
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That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.

The joy Reading fiction The novel Belongs
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Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

People say Save yourself Your ways Be yourself
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Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done.

Crying Riding A bike Quickly forget
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Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.

Some things Wish away Think Become part of
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Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were.

Some things They change Never Do return
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I knew what it was to yearn for a life so distant it seemed that it had never been anything more than a dream.

Knew what Yearn for A life So distant
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I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.

The point Going forward Easier than Going back
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Being human means losing everything we love best in the world,

Being human Losing everything Love best The world
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Love is worth the sum of itself, and nothing more.

Love Worth The sum Nothing more
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