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> [You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-duncker/you-write-your-first-novel-with-the-desperation-of-the-damned-you-re/)

[Patricia Duncker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-duncker/)

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> [People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-joe-armstrong/people-are-so-damned-afraid-that-one-day-they-might-wake-up-and/)

[Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-joe-armstrong/)

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