"Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be……" — Lori Lansens
"Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth."
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13 Quotes by Lori Lansens
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Art isn't a product. It's an experience
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The city, no matter how small, is corrupt and unrepentant, while the sun shines brighter in the country, making people…
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Aunt Lovey used to tell me that if I wanted to be a writer, I needed a writer's voice. 'Read,'…
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The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them…
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If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for…
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How cruel it must be for a man to live past his soul.
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I hum some secret place into being, thinking of this other me, the one that only I can see, a…
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I feel, holding books, accommodating their weight and breathing their dust, an abiding love. I trust them, in a way…
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If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you're OK with it, you gotta own it. There's nothing…
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I have never looked into my sister's eyes. I have never bathed alone. I have never stood in the grass…
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What is it about sadness that can be so fulfilling?
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the only thing left to do is love
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