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> [If you feel like keeping a journal-that neither you nor anyone else on earth will ever want to read-be my guest. But if you want to write something that may eventually see the light of day, that a magazine might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/if-you-feel-like-keeping-a-journal-that-neither-you-nor-anyone-else/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

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## More by Robert Masello

> [“Though they have not the capacity to reply, I refuse to believe that our pets have no comprehension”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/though-they-have-not-the-capacity-to-reply-i-refuse-to-believe-that/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“Fear is the strong passion; it is with fear that you must trifle, if you wish to taste the intensest joys of living. Robert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/fear-is-the-strong-passion-it-is-with-fear-that-you-must-trifle-if/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“THE BERING STRAIT, 1918 “Sergei, do not die,” the girl said, turning around in the open boat. “I forbid you to die.” She had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/the-bering-strait-1918-sergei-do-not-die-the-girl-said-turning-around/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“I want you to stay with me.” “So do I.” “Is that what you said in Arabic?” “It was close,” she said. He waited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/i-want-you-to-stay-with-me-so-do-i-is-that-what-you-said-in-arabic-it/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“the shimmering green water, and then, in an instant, it was gone altogether. The little circles in the water gradually disappeared too. Are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/the-shimmering-green-water-and-then-in-an-instant-it-was-gone/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“ROBERT MASELLO is the author of many previous works of fiction and nonfiction, most recently the novels Blood and Ice and The Medusa Amulet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/robert-masello-is-the-author-of-many-previous-works-of-fiction-and/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“I do not know how the Third World War will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the Fourth—rocks.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/i-do-not-know-how-the-third-world-war-will-be-fought-but-i-can-tell/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [If you feel like keeping a journal-that neither you nor anyone else on earth will ever want to read-be my guest. But if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/if-you-feel-like-keeping-a-journal-that-neither-you-nor-anyone-else/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“the odds are good, but the goods are odd”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/the-odds-are-good-but-the-goods-are-odd/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“Regardless of how black the page, he had always managed to turn it and move on to a new chapter in his life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/regardless-of-how-black-the-page-he-had-always-managed-to-turn-it-and/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“But how could she have forgotten who he was—a man who could lose himself in a single book, not to mention a world-class, open-stack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/but-how-could-she-have-forgotten-who-he-was-a-man-who-could-lose/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“when they're bathed in blood everyday you can't expect them to rise from it stainless the next morning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/when-they-re-bathed-in-blood-everyday-you-can-t-expect-them-to-rise/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“People are always doing things for my sake and strangely enough, I'm the one who suffers for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/people-are-always-doing-things-for-my-sake-and-strangely-enough-i-m/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [“If these self-anointed leaders did not keep the people aroused with calls to preserve the Revolution, or to defend it from one imaginary foe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/if-these-self-anointed-leaders-did-not-keep-the-people-aroused-with/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

> [Writing in a journal is just a stall, a waiting game, a way to tell yourself that you're working when you're not, that you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/writing-in-a-journal-is-just-a-stall-a-waiting-game-a-way-to-tell/)

[Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/)

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