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> [When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you're average and white, honey, you can go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-elizabeth-delany/when-negroes-are-average-they-fail-unless-they-are-very-very-lucky/)

[Annie Elizabeth Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-elizabeth-delany/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/annie-elizabeth-delany-40935_average_when-negroes-are-average-they-fail-unles_874069.jpg)

> [Whenever young writers ask me for advice, I always say you have to be able to take a lot of rejection because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/whenever-young-writers-ask-me-for-advice-i-always-say-you-have-to-be/)

[Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/mary-gaitskill-7551_advice_whenever-young-writers-ask-me-for-advice_1934422.jpg)

> [“As for writing, that's a cruel hard business. Unless you're very lucky it'll break your heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/as-for-writing-that-s-a-cruel-hard-business-unless-you-re-very-lucky/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/edward-abbey-254_break-heart_as-for-writing-that-s-a-cruel-hard-busin_2023774.png)

> [“So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemony-snicket/so-unless-you-have-been-very-very-lucky-you-know-that-a-good-long/)

[Lemony Snicket](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemony-snicket/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/lemony-snicket-663_weeping_so-unless-you-have-been-very-very-lucky_2746452.jpg)

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