John Jakes Quotes

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• The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never…
• Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn't let that stop or delay him. A man…
• Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell
• Libraries are magical places. There's nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves. Each spine, each title, seems…
• Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.
• Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed of, things to be proud…
• No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.
• The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.
• Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.
• We are all dying of life.
• The pain comes from more than the facts of circumstance, or the deeds of others. It comes from within. From understanding what we lost. It…
• I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was…
• The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire bells woke George Hazard. He…

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