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title: "3 Writer Death Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/nothing-can-destroy-the-good-writer-the-only-thing-that-can-alter-the/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-lester/to-write-and-not-tell-the-truth-that-would-be-death-for-any-writer/)

[Julius Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-lester/)

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> [After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-cocteau/after-the-writer-s-death-reading-his-journal-is-like-receiving-a-long/)

[Jean Cocteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-cocteau/)

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