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however many resolutions one makes, one's pen, like water, always finds its own level, and one can't write in any way other… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
A thousand things to be written had I time: had I power. A very little writing uses up my capacity for writing. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“So I "feckup" words sometimes...I write in a colloquial style, so did Mark Twain. Seems I'm in pretty good company.” — Emma Paul Copy Share Image
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I no longer protect myself from the world I grew up in. Rather, today I try to protect the feelings I have… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
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