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> [The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/the-dead-hand-of-research-lies-heavy-on-too-many-novels/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

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## More by Nancy Hale

> [It seems as if when you try to do just one thing and nothing but, you can't do it at all. You do everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/it-seems-as-if-when-you-try-to-do-just-one-thing-and-nothing-but-you/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [Creation lives alone in a small temple. Only one may worship at a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/creation-lives-alone-in-a-small-temple-only-one-may-worship-at-a-time/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [To do anything, it is first necessary to be doing nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/to-do-anything-it-is-first-necessary-to-be-doing-nothing/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [After my mother's death, I began to see her as she had really been… It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/after-my-mother-s-death-i-began-to-see-her-as-she-had-really-been-it/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/malicious-gossip-takes-the-place-of-creation-in-non-creative-lives/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/in-order-to-go-anywhere-it-is-necessary-to-be-where-one-is/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [Mine! There isn't any such thing as mine. The world slips slithering through my fingers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/mine-there-isn-t-any-such-thing-as-mine-the-world-slips-slithering/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [one must find one's natural home, not try to construct it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/one-must-find-one-s-natural-home-not-try-to-construct-it/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/the-dead-hand-of-research-lies-heavy-on-too-many-novels/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/the-dark-has-to-be-contained-in-the-light-or-the-light-will-be/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [Never give away your work. People don’t value what they don’t have to pay for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/never-give-away-your-work-people-don-t-value-what-they-don-t-have-to/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [The best work of artists in any age is the work of innocence liberated by technical knowledge. The laboratory experiments that led to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/the-best-work-of-artists-in-any-age-is-the-work-of-innocence/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [If civilization ever achieves a higher standard of what constitutes normality, it will have been the neurotic who led the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/if-civilization-ever-achieves-a-higher-standard-of-what-constitutes/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/many-an-author-will-speak-of-writing-in-his-best-work-more-than-he/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

> [We might likewise say that humans are the neurotics of the animal world, in that they are the only animals who must choose to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-hale/we-might-likewise-say-that-humans-are-the-neurotics-of-the-animal/)

[Nancy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-hale/)

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