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M is for magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly. You can make magic with them, and dreams, and, I hope, even a few surprises Neil Gaiman
Isaac Babel quote: "No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full..."
No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time. Isaac Babel
Base words are uttered only by the base. And can for such at once be understood; But noble platitudes? ah, there's a case. Where the most careful scrutiny is needed. To tell a voice that's genuinely good. From one that's base but merely has succeeded. W. H. Auden
Meditation needs no results. Meditation can have itself as an end, I meditate without words and on nothingness. What tangles my life is writing. Helene Cixous
Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning. Jennifer Weiner
Elie Wiesel quote: "Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what..."
Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write. Elie Wiesel
Neil Gaiman quote: "Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true..."
Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent. Neil Gaiman
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily."
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The male frog in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male frog with the biggest, deepest voice because it suggests a more powerful frog, one with superior genes. Small male frogs—it's been documented—discover if they position themselves in empty drainpipes, the pipe acts as a voice amplifier and the small frog appears much larger than it really is." So?" So that's what art is for the artist, an empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at... Margaret Atwood
You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you can see that he's really just hoping he makes it all the way across? Jodi Picoult
Bob Dylan quote: "It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be..."
It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be... Bob Dylan
A revolution is coming? a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough? but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability. John F. Kennedy
The beauty of this idea is that my decision to keep Peeta alive at the expense of my own life is itself an act of defiance. A refusal to play the Hunger Games by the Capitol's rules. My private agenda dovetails completely with my public one. And if I really could save Peeta... in terms of a revolution, this would be ideal. Because I will be more valuable dead. They can turn me into some kind of martyr for the cause and paint my face on banners, and it will do more to rally people than... Suzanne Collins
Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Graham Greene quote: "I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my..."
I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can't love and do nothing. Graham Greene

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