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title: "3 Written Sense Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Written Sense quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Written Sense sayings and thoughts."
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> [Great books are written from a sense that there is nothing to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-specktor/great-books-are-written-from-a-sense-that-there-is-nothing-to-lose/)

[Matthew Specktor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-specktor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/matthew-specktor-12423_book_great-books-are-written-from-a-sense-tha_569333.jpg)

> [Literature in the written sense represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have little or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bringhurst/literature-in-the-written-sense-represents-the-triumph-of-language/)

[Robert Bringhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bringhurst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/robert-bringhurst-16008_books_literature-in-the-written-sense-represen_2765009.png)

> [I am transcribing a book that I have, in a sense, not yet written, and in another sense, have always written, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-yu/i-am-transcribing-a-book-that-i-have-in-a-sense-not-yet-written-and/)

[Charles Yu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-yu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/charles-yu-3807_book_i-am-transcribing-a-book-that-i-have-in_2838775.png)

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