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Writer Quotes by Criss Jami
- Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt;…
- As a writer of philosophy, it's good to ask oneself, 'Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?'
- A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.
- Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there…
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