It makes no difference to me whether I shoot you or you fall to your death.” “It does make a difference,” I… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
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Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
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People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
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This first print run of the first edition of my first novel, 'When The Lion Feeds.' back in 1964, is so rare… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner and midnight munch. I tore out the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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![“A lot of guys in the prison think they're bad. Some of them are, but when it comes to being bad in every sense of the word, I have been bad before and I can play the role pretty good. When I killed those people, they didn't exactly stand there and not do anything. I stabbed that guy [Frykowski]…” quote by Tex Watson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/00a/tex-watson-97546_book_a-lot-of-guys-in-the-prison-think-they-r_1369155.jpg)
