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Al Franken quote: "Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should..."
Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written "Today I will masterbate--if I want to! Al Franken
The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructiv? compared with terrorism, everything else must be acceptable, or in any case more rational and democratic. Guy Debord
Often one spends weeks trying to write a poem out of the conscious mind that never comes to anything - these are sort of 'ideal' poems that one feels ought to be written, but don't because (I fancy) they lack the vital spark of self-interest. A 'real' poem is a pleasure to write. Philip Larkin
If a mother is mourning not for what she has lost but for what her dead child has lost, it is a comfort to believe that the child has not lost the end for which it was created. And it is a comfort to believe that she herself, in losing her chief or only natural happiness, has not lost a greater thing, that she may still hope to "glorify God and enjoy Him forever." A comfort to the God-aimed, eternal spirit within her. But not to her motherhood. The specifically maternal happiness must be... C. S. Lewis
Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood smoke. They speak to something deep within us, the capacity to conceptualize, objectify and find patterns, thereby to create the flow of events and perceptions that find perfect expression in fiction. We are built this way, we create stories by reflex, unstoppably. But this elegant system really works best when the elements of the emerging story, whether is is being written or being read,... Peter Straub
Virginia Woolf quote: "I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and..."
I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and never found the proper words. Virginia Woolf
You should gofrom place to placerecovering the poemsthat have been written for youto which you can affix your signature. Don't discuss these matterswith anyone. Retrieve. Retrieve. When the basket is fullsomeone will appearto whom you can present it. Leonard Cohen
The Bill of Rights was written before data-mining," he said. He was awesomely serene, convinced of his rightness. "The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn't the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you're hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists? Cory Doctorow
George V. Higgins quote: "If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you..."
If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be. George V. Higgins
Paulo Coelho quote: "Don't think about what you've left behind... everything is..."
Don't think about what you've left behind... everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever. Paulo Coelho
It is a common saying that a letter is a dead messenger; for it can give no more than it hath. And no letter is written so exactly, that there is nothing lacking. Martin Luther
Aldous Huxley quote: "For every traveller who has any taste of his own, the only..."
For every traveller who has any taste of his own, the only useful guidebook will be the one which he himself has written. Aldous Huxley
History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places. Kate Mosse
In the evening they went to say good-bye to Bilbo. 'Well, if you must go, you must,' he said. 'I am sorry. I shall miss you. It is nice just to know that you are about the place. But I am getting very sleepy.' Then he gave Frodo his mithril-coat and Sting, forgetting that he had already done so; and he gave him also three books of lore that he had made at various times, written in his spidery hand, and labelled on their red backs: Translations from the Elvish, by B. B. J. R. R. Tolkien
Damn it," he mumbled apologetically, "things like this never happened to Vorthalia the Bold."She raised a thoughtful eyebrow. "How do you know? The histories of those times were all written by minstrels and poets. You try and think of a word that rhymes with 'bleeding ulcer Lois McMaster Bujold

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