"The purpose of writing is both to keep……" — William Saroyan
"The purpose of writing is both to keep up with life and to run ahead of it. I am little comfort to myself, although I am the only comfort I have, excepting perhaps streets, clouds, the sun, the faces and voices of kids and the aged, and similar accidents of beauty, innocence, truth and loneliness."
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William Saroyan
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117 Quotes by William Saroyan
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Of all the things I love to taste, sweetest is the kiss of love.
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People is all everything is, all it has ever been, all it can ever be.
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