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The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your head, there's nothing… — Colm Toibin
So I say, â€œLive and let live.â€ Thatâ€™s my motto. â€œLive and let live.â€ And anyone who canâ€™t go along with that, take him outside… — George Carlin
The dragonets found the carpenters to be even more fascinating than the furniture, and followed the poor men from pen to pen, crowding around to… — Mercedes Lackey
Written on the body is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulations of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is… — Jeanette Winterson
Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved… — Karen Joy Fowler
...I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.' What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a good education.' Employers sense in… — John Kennedy Toole
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. — Nikola Tesla
She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of silicon against the tender flesh between… — Orson Scott Card
I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked… — John Steinbeck
But now I discovered the wonderful power of wine. I understood why men become drunkards. For the way it worked on me was not at… — C.S. Lewis
I guess thatâ€™s all forever is...Just one long trail of nows. And I guess all you can do is try and live one now at… — Nicholas Evans
Gregorius was never to forget this scene. They were his first Portuguese words in the real world and they worked. That words could cause somethinge… — Pascal Mercier
Jesus said several times, â€œCome, follow me.â€ His was a program of â€œdo what I do,â€ rather than â€œdo what I say.â€ His innate brilliance… — Spencer W. Kimball
If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely… — Margaret Mead
It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. Itâ€™s the very nature of wonder to catch us… — Eugene H. Peterson
She was tired of hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that… — Cecelia Ahern
I worked in a health food store once. A guy asked me, 'If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet? — Steven Wright
When the writer (or the artist in general) says he has worked without giving any thought to the rules of the process, he simply means… — Umberto Eco
Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence. — Alberto Manguel
No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one.… — Jeannette Walls

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