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“It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.”

— James Baldwin

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“You become a writer by writing. There is no other way. So do it. Do it more. Do it again. Do it better. Fail. Fail better.”

— Margaret Atwood

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“If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it-bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn’t belong there.”

— John Steinbeck

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“I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you’re trying to be a writer because it’s the only apprenticeship we have, it’s the only way of learning how to write a story.”

— John Green

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My Sad Path by  Leif Løndal

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“You only have so much emotional energy each day. Don’t fight battles that don’t matter.”

— Unknown

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Flectere si nequeo superos

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