Books Can Warm The Heart

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Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive. ~ Francesco Petrarch

You Make Something

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You make something from the things that have happened and from things that exist and from all things that you know and all those you cannot know, and you make something… ~ Ernest Hemingway

A Writer’s Job Is Ingoing

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About nineteen writers out of twenty are introverts. We have been taught to be ashamed of not being outgoing. But a writer’s job is ingoing. ~ Ursula K. Le Guin

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

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You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.