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Did I tell you I finally found the perfect page-cutter? It's a pearl-handled fruit knife. My mother left me a dozen of them, I keep… — Helene Hanff
Writing is a deeper sleep than death. Just as one wouldn't pull a corpse from its grave, I can't be dragged from my desk at… — Franz Kafka
I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when the furniture… — Henry David Thoreau
Well, you won't unless you come to lunch with me," Cal said. "I'm holding it for ransom. There's a gun to its heel right now."… — Jennifer Crusie
Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to let it ruin… — Jim Butcher
I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t… — Haruki Murakami
Catherine" she paused. I waited, tapping my finger on my desk. Then she spoke words that had me almost falling out of my chair. "I've… — Jeaniene Frost
Problem is, once I sit at my desk and put all these down on paper. I realize something vital is missing. It doesn't crystallize -… — Haruki Murakami
I have sat here at my desk, day after day, night after night, a blank sheet of paper before me, unable to lift my pen,… — Susan Hill
I was having the surreal experience of having myself show myself around my office and bullpen.” “Oh! My desk. I could’ve sat at my desk.… — Nora Roberts
I got you a present." "Did you?" "It's a book of poetry--romancy stuff. I thought, 'How schmaltzy is that,' so it seemed like the thing.… — Nora Roberts
Sherlock: You're keeping a SCRAPBOOK. Only old ladies and pre-pubescent girls keep scrapbooks, John. John: It's not a scrapbook, Sherlock. I'm collecting papers relevant to… — Guy Adams
I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real.... Once I got to my desk, once I… — Alice Hoffman
On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser… — Maira Kalman
When I was in fifth grade, a boy put a rose on my desk and I threw it away. The attention makes me nervous. — Claire Coffee
One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was the globe that I now keep right beside my desk. — Tess Gerritsen
I hate going out for lunch during a workday because it slows down my pace and ruins my rhythm. I prefer to eat at my… — Tom Ford
I always have Moleskine notebooks on my desk. I am a big journaler. Every day I write down where I went, who I spoke to… — Alexa Von Tobel
If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that. — Wendy Davis
I sit in my room at my desk, looking out the window to the yard and waiting for a plot to come to me, to… — Siegfried Lenz
I keep three framed photographs on my desk: the latest school picture of my daughter; a photo of my wife getting her diploma from the… — Blake Bailey
My favourite place to write is at my desk in my house in the mountains of Crete. I produce more there because one big distraction… — Neal Asher
I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all. — Ira Glass
I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under my desk. — Chelsea Cain
I got so I simply gagged everytime I sat before my desk to write an ad. — Hart Crane

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