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It now lately sometimes seemed a black miracle to me that people could actually care deeply about a subject or pursuit, and could go on…

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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.

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In all humility and sincerity we must admit a power higher than ourselves from whom is derived a positive moral code that… — Delbert L. Stapley
The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live… — Ben Okri
As we move toward the future, we must not neglect the lessons of the past. Our Heavenly Father gave His Son. The… — Thomas S. Monson
But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I… — Robert Falcon Scott
I think that we reject the evidence that our world is changing because we are still, as that wonderfully wise biologist E.… — James Lovelock
True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom. — Erwin McManus
I beg Our Lord, Monsieur, that we may be able to die to ourselves in order to rise with Him, that he… — Vincent de Paul
When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, the things of earth grow strangely dim. The values of eternity grow increasingly bright. — David Jeremiah
In the God of all creation, we put our faith and trust. And give our lives to you, cause you gave your… — Randy Travis
It now lately sometimes seemed a black miracle to me that people could actually care deeply about a subject or pursuit, and… — David Foster Wallace
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks… — Richard Holloway
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy — Unknown Author

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