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> [I've always done more than I ever thought I would. Becoming a professor - I never would have imagined that. Writing books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-gilpin-faust/i-ve-always-done-more-than-i-ever-thought-i-would-becoming-a/)

[Drew Gilpin Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-gilpin-faust/)

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> [I'd never imagined myself writing at all until I was almost 30. And horror films weren't to my taste, at least the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-walton/i-d-never-imagined-myself-writing-at-all-until-i-was-almost-30-and/)

[Karen Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-walton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/karen-walton-44008_crazy_i-d-never-imagined-myself-writing-at-all_1650183.jpg)

> [Before I published anything, I dreamed of publication, but I didn't actually write for it. I imagined that writing for an audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/before-i-published-anything-i-dreamed-of-publication-but-i-didn-t/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/ariel-gore-16108_audience_before-i-published-anything-i-dreamed-of_2141105.png)

> [“I recalled the afternoon when the two of us stood beating erasers, and Camille confided that she'd done penance for stories -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-dybek/i-recalled-the-afternoon-when-the-two-of-us-stood-beating-erasers-and/)

[Stuart Dybek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-dybek/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/stuart-dybek-30029_dreams_i-recalled-the-afternoon-when-the-two-of_3022066.jpg)

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