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title: "1 Worth Preserving Quotes By Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams"
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> [“All that ink, all that pigment, all that desperate action to preserve that which had been created -- it is valuable because story is a fragile and ephemeral thing on its own, a thing that is easily effaced or disappeared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/all-that-ink-all-that-pigment-all-that-desperate-action-to-preserve/)

[Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/)

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## More by Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams

> [“Jen- I have to tell you - I haven't said this before but I've wanted to + now I want to say it all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/jen-i-have-to-tell-you-i-haven-t-said-this-before-but-i-ve-wanted-to/)

[Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/)

> [“He is a man without a past sailing in a strange sea in a world where the stars have come loose in the firmament”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/he-is-a-man-without-a-past-sailing-in-a-strange-sea-in-a-world-where/)

[Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/)

> [“All that ink, all that pigment, all that desperate action to preserve that which had been created -- it is valuable because story is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/all-that-ink-all-that-pigment-all-that-desperate-action-to-preserve/)

[Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/)

> [“All you can do is button your coat, lace your boots, and trudge through the frigid business of being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/all-you-can-do-is-button-your-coat-lace-your-boots-and-trudge-through/)

[Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/)

> [“J: Then I’ll be out of here. E: What about me? J: There’s no paper trail, b/w us (except for the obvious!) and even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/j-then-i-ll-be-out-of-here-e-what-about-me-j-there-s-no-paper-trail-b/)

[Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/)

> [“We create stories to help us shape a chaotic world, to navigate inequities of power, to accept our lack of control over nature, over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/we-create-stories-to-help-us-shape-a-chaotic-world-to-navigate/)

[Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-dorst-j-j-abrams/)

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