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Words have weight.


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you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.



The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.



When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.

When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.



Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.



Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.



Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.

Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.



The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.

The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.



Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.

Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.



The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.






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I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.



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There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.



Oh, Liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright! Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train.

Oh, Liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright! Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train.



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