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> [I have been ineluctably drawn to libraries ever since I entered that sanctum sanctorum. It was a place of quietude. In a world where things go beep and ding and ring, where you’ve got mail and you’ve got messages, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/i-have-been-ineluctably-drawn-to-libraries-ever-since-i-entered-that/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

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## More by Carmen Agra Deedy

> [Whatever we perceive as good in the world has always endured, and it always will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/whatever-we-perceive-as-good-in-the-world-has-always-endured-and-it/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [I find that it takes a lot of years of living, and many more of reckoning, to come up with one worthwhile paragraph. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/i-find-that-it-takes-a-lot-of-years-of-living-and-many-more-of/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [Listening to others does not mean you should sound like them; find your own voice by telling stories as authentically as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/listening-to-others-does-not-mean-you-should-sound-like-them-find/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [If you tell stories you love, you will never tell them with indifference - take it to the bank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/if-you-tell-stories-you-love-you-will-never-tell-them-with/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/because-there-is-no-nation-so-powerful-it-cannot-be-wounded-nor-a/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [“It is not enough to say you are sorry. You must utterly own the terrible thing you have done. You must cast no blame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/it-is-not-enough-to-say-you-are-sorry-you-must-utterly-own-the/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [The hardest part is making the time to write. Not finding the time to write, mind you. Making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/the-hardest-part-is-making-the-time-to-write-not-finding-the-time-to/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [I have been ineluctably drawn to libraries ever since I entered that sanctum sanctorum. It was a place of quietude. In a world where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/i-have-been-ineluctably-drawn-to-libraries-ever-since-i-entered-that/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/listen-to-great-storytellers-slowly-you-will-learn-about-voice-timing/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [There are constant cycles in history. There is loss, but it is always followed by regeneration. The tales of our elders who remember such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/there-are-constant-cycles-in-history-there-is-loss-but-it-is-always/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [If one mouse is a spark...then ten thousand are a conflagration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/if-one-mouse-is-a-spark-then-ten-thousand-are-a-conflagration/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/read-read-read-read-good-books-you-will-strengthen-your-understanding/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [I cannot always write at the same time, in the same place. I work, travel and have a vigorous family life. If I'm stranded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/i-cannot-always-write-at-the-same-time-in-the-same-place-i-work/)

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> [You're more likely to finish a book you enjoy, than one that feels like literary drudgery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/you-re-more-likely-to-finish-a-book-you-enjoy-than-one-that-feels/)

[Carmen Agra Deedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-agra-deedy/)

> [I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-agra-deedy/i-began-telling-stories-as-a-volunteer-in-my-daughters-school-but-i/)

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