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> [“Whose book is it anyway? The hardest thing a writer has to learn is that once you publish a book, it's no longer truly yours – even though it's got your name on the front and it lives inside you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/whose-book-is-it-anyway-the-hardest-thing-a-writer-has-to-learn-is/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

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## More by Julie Bertagna

> [“Panic is a bad judge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/panic-is-a-bad-judge/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“...It's just that sometimes I get so lost in the places the words take me to I forget where I am and—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/it-s-just-that-sometimes-i-get-so-lost-in-the-places-the-words-take/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“Don't build a bridge into thin air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/don-t-build-a-bridge-into-thin-air/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“Keep going and never stop.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/keep-going-and-never-stop/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“luxury means little when there's no real freedom in the world”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/luxury-means-little-when-there-s-no-real-freedom-in-the-world/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“Whose book is it anyway? The hardest thing a writer has to learn is that once you publish a book, it's no longer truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/whose-book-is-it-anyway-the-hardest-thing-a-writer-has-to-learn-is/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“You can betray someone with a word or an action. You can betray them with silence or inaction too. And in betraying that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/you-can-betray-someone-with-a-word-or-an-action-you-can-betray-them/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“Fox wants too much. Sometimes in the rush of hyper-speed he dreams impossible dreams, dreams that cannot be. The difficult thing, he has discovered,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/fox-wants-too-much-sometimes-in-the-rush-of-hyper-speed-he-dreams/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“But women grow the living dreams, the human ones." Gorbals argues. "A human being is the greatest creation of all. Each of us is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/but-women-grow-the-living-dreams-the-human-ones-gorbals-argues-a/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“How much wreckage and destruction justifies the creation of a better world?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/how-much-wreckage-and-destruction-justifies-the-creation-of-a-better/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

> [“I broke his heart though! When I refused to stay in his selfish New World, his stone heart broke into pieces!"..."I know it did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-bertagna/i-broke-his-heart-though-when-i-refused-to-stay-in-his-selfish-new/)

[Julie Bertagna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-bertagna/)

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