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Jonathan Franzen quote: "The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how..."

The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need.

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The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist unless it goes on. Albert J. Nock
As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or the writer is 'hot', an invisible wall seems to fall away, and the writer moves easily and surely from one kind of reality to another... Every writer has experienced at least moments of this strange, magical state. Reading student fiction one can spot at once where the power turns on and where it turns off, where the writer writes from 'inspiration'... John Gardner
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Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. John Ray
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If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them. Richard Baxter
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But in the free market system, you're forced to change. Roy Romer
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It's awfully easy to be in love in jail. Dashiell Hammett
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Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions. Arlen Specter
Your thin white face, chrie; he said, as if he saw it for the first time. Your thin white face, with its promise of debauchery only a connoisseur could detect. Angela Carter
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