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> [“This darkness is for sleeping, for escape; it's where I go when the other places ache with light; this is where I curl up and close my eyes and darkness flows like lava, and I dissapear into what, into nothing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/this-darkness-is-for-sleeping-for-escape-it-s-where-i-go-when-the/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

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## More by Leslie Pietrzyk

> [My only obligation as a fiction writer is to the story, to make it good, so good the busy reader doesn't feel that flipping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/my-only-obligation-as-a-fiction-writer-is-to-the-story-to-make-it/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

> [Think about the stories you have inside that scare you. That's what you should be writing. I and others call that writing from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/think-about-the-stories-you-have-inside-that-scare-you-that-s-what/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

> [Writing is my way of trying to understand vast things that probably I'll never truly understand, a way of exploring a Big Question, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/writing-is-my-way-of-trying-to-understand-vast-things-that-probably-i/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

> [I dislike that premise implies that a fiction writer is incapable of dreaming up stories that can bring readers to tears, that if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/i-dislike-that-premise-implies-that-a-fiction-writer-is-incapable-of/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

> [In my case, I made the decision early on that I was going to be very open about the book and claim upfront that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/in-my-case-i-made-the-decision-early-on-that-i-was-going-to-be-very/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

> [“This darkness is for sleeping, for escape; it's where I go when the other places ache with light; this is where I curl up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/this-darkness-is-for-sleeping-for-escape-it-s-where-i-go-when-the/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

> [As writers and readers, we're drawn to conflict. It's that ancient theory of plot that's written on the whiteboard during every fiction workshop, characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/as-writers-and-readers-we-re-drawn-to-conflict-it-s-that-ancient/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

> [Maybe that's the foundation of my book: how do we come to terms with the death of someone we love when it is impossible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-pietrzyk/maybe-that-s-the-foundation-of-my-book-how-do-we-come-to-terms-with/)

[Leslie Pietrzyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-pietrzyk/)

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