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> [I think if you have the compulsion to write, you're not going to feel whole until you start putting words on paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/i-think-if-you-have-the-compulsion-to-write-you-re-not-going-to-feel/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

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## More by Lee Kelly

> [“We're flirting, sparring, pushing each other with our magic—we both know it. I want to beat him so badly. A very small part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/we-re-flirting-sparring-pushing-each-other-with-our-magic-we-both/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [Restaurants, shows, night life, art exhibits, readings - New York is such a cultural epicenter, and while Jersey makes so much sense right now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/restaurants-shows-night-life-art-exhibits-readings-new-york-is-such-a/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [“I'm not positive who first gives in to the pull, the magnetic force drawing us together, but once it starts it's like a train…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/i-m-not-positive-who-first-gives-in-to-the-pull-the-magnetic-force/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [I know too well how you can go from feeling like your sister knows you better than anyone else in the world, to feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/i-know-too-well-how-you-can-go-from-feeling-like-your-sister-knows/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [I think if you have the compulsion to write, you're not going to feel whole until you start putting words on paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/i-think-if-you-have-the-compulsion-to-write-you-re-not-going-to-feel/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [“The car immediately becomes assaulted with thick, toxic air. The kind of air where it feels like dangerous things might just crawl out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/the-car-immediately-becomes-assaulted-with-thick-toxic-air-the-kind/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [“It's Friday night, and there's a moon wild and hazy, drawn like a messy chalk circle on a slate slab of a sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/it-s-friday-night-and-there-s-a-moon-wild-and-hazy-drawn-like-a-messy/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [“A graveyard of boats, cloaked in the shadows of their storm-beaten sails, rest like long-forgotten tombstones on the edges of the docks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/a-graveyard-of-boats-cloaked-in-the-shadows-of-their-storm-beaten/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [I have ALWAYS wanted to write - I was the seven-year old entering local library poetry contests, and I recently found my eighth-grade yearbook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/i-have-always-wanted-to-write-i-was-the-seven-year-old-entering-local/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

> [“It's just the withdrawal," I say, and turn back to the water. The moon hangs over it low and bright, casts a long thread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kelly/it-s-just-the-withdrawal-i-say-and-turn-back-to-the-water-the-moon/)

[Lee Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kelly/)

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