"You can never read your own book with……" — Margaret Atwood

"You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote the thing. You've been backstage. You've seen how the rabbits were smuggled into the hat. Therefore ask a reading friend or two to look at it before you give it to anyone in the publishing business. This friend should not be someone with whom you have a romantic relationship, unless you want to break up."

— Margaret Atwood

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Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life. — George Burns
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. — Dale Carnegie

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