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From Quotes by Annie Proulx
- Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.
- I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.
- I didn't have a chance to buy you anything," she said, then held both closed hands toward him. Uncurled her fingers. In each cupped palm…
- You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading,…
- Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting the tongue, some…
- For if Jack Buggit could escape from the pickle jar, if a bird with a broken neck could fly away, what else might be possible?…
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