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title: "2 Pressfield, Steven Quotes"
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# Pressfield, Steven

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Steven Pressfield is an American author of historical fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays, including his 1995 novel The Legend of Bagger Vance and 2002 nonfiction book The War of Art.

##  Quotes by Pressfield, Steven

> [“I had always wondered what it felt like to die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pressfield-steven/i-had-always-wondered-what-it-felt-like-to-die/)

Pressfield, Steven

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/pressfield-steven-89153_quote_i-had-always-wondered-what-it-felt-like_1630080.jpg)

> [“Blank eyes stared from sunken sockets as if the divine force, the daimon, had been extinguished like a lamp, replaced by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pressfield-steven/blank-eyes-stared-from-sunken-sockets-as-if-the-divine-force-the/)

Pressfield, Steven

[War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/pressfield-steven-89153_war_blank-eyes-stared-from-sunken-sockets-as_2772866.jpg)

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